Ideas
Meet Europe’s Rising Defense Stars
Below the radar, a new generation of female European leaders is offering bold ideas on defense and taking political risks.
Policy
Is There a Future for Russia Without Vladimir Putin?
Even if the president reappears, his absence reveals the chilling degree to which he has consolidated power in the country.
Policy
Azerbaijan Is Behaving Like a Mini Russia
Azerbaijan's geography and natural resources make it a convenient US and EU ally. But the mercurial behavior of this pint-sized petrostate is creating some geopolitical problems.
Threats
Baltic States Adopting Tougher Security in Response to Russia
Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are introducing new security measures, including conscription, to help defend against possible threats from Moscow.
Policy
Germany Can Stop 'Assuming the Worst' About NSA Spying, Obama Says
The president defended the NSA's intelligence gathering methods even as he expressed impatience with U.S. allies' skepticism of his administration's concern for the civil liberties of foreigners.
Threats
What the Flournoy and Friends' Plan To Arm Ukraine's Army Fails To Take Into Account
Do Flournoy, Daalder, Stavridis, Chuck Wald and friends really believe this will change the game -- or Putin's mind?
Threats
Here's Where Europe Has Made Big Changes in Cyber Security
The more than two dozen nations that make up the European Union are making surprising new progress in the cyber domain.
Threats
France Publishes 'How To Spot a Jihadist' Citizen's Guide
The French government releases new anti-jihadist literature Wednesday as part of a broader counterterrorism response to the Paris attacks.
Science & Tech
US, Britain Mull Cross-Border Cyber Defense
The two countries will consider responses to situations where one attack involves multiple countries inadvertently hosting malicious hacking. By Aliya Sternstein
Threats
Anti-Terrorism Raid in Belgium Kills Two Suspected Jihadists
Two suspected jihadists killed by Belgian police in the city of Verviers were part of a group that was allegedly planning to commit a large terror attack. By Dashiell Bennett
Threats
Russia Is About To Absorb Part of Another Country
Ten months after annexing Crimea and igniting a standoff with the west, Russia will take control of neighboring Georgia's South Ossetia region. By Steve LeVine
Ideas
Could the Paris Attack Change Europe's Approach to Radical Islam?
Jihadists constitute a tiny minority within the European Muslim population, but their ideas are by no means marginal. By David Frum
Threats
A Dramatic End to the French Hostage Standoff
As French police surrounded the Paris gunmen, where the two have at least one hostage, another related hostage crisis is unfolding in a Paris supermarket. By Adam Chandler and Dashiell Bennett
Business
Pentagon To Close, Consolidate Bases in Europe, Base F-35 in England
The Defense Department will close or shrink its presence at dozens of military facilities across Europe in hopes of saving $500 million per year. By Marcus Weisgerber
Threats
Manhunt Underway for Paris Attackers
Despite the surrender of a possible accomplice, the two main suspects remain at large. By Dashiell Bennett
Threats
Europe Under Siege
The view from Brussels, where the Charlie Hebdo massacre has quickly come to represent an attack on the entire region's security and freedom. By Jeffrey Goldberg
Threats
Gunmen Open Fire at Paris Magazine, Killing 12
A dozen people were killed after gunmen opened fire at the offices of Charlie Hebdo, a satirical publication that has been targeted before. By Adam Chandler
Ideas
Building US-UK Military Relations With Science and Technology
Because the U.S. and Britain can’t afford to fight – or develop tomorrow’s technologies -- alone. By UK Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach
Science & Tech
British Spies Don't Need a Warrant To Sift Through NSA Surveillance Data
The U.S. isn't the only country with lax judicial oversight in how its intelligence agencies comb through communications data collected by the NSA. By Dustin Volz
Ideas