On Wednesday, 91 countries endorsed a draft resolution that "demands that the Russian Federation ensure the immediate, safe ...

Most of Bhavani Thekkada’s competitors grew up on skis. She grew up on a coffee farm — in southern India. So as a ...

When U.S. President Donald Trump returned to office in January 2025, Europe faced a choice. As Trump made draconian demands for greater European defense spending, threatened European exports with ...

The need for coalitions is an admission that the US isn’t powerful enough anymore. But the problem is obvious. How do you ...

Peer into The Economist’s decision-making processes with Edward Carr, our deputy editor, who explains how we select and ...

The world is growing bigger every year. Not literally, of course—unless you count population growth—but figuratively, with ...

Britain has long ceased to be a U.S. ally and has instead become an orchestrator of the Ukraine conflict, Elena Ponomareva, Doctor of Political Science, Professor at MGIMO (Moscow State Institute of ...

The European Union has handed Ukraine a list of reforms needed to join the bloc. This move aims to push the process forward ...

Europeans find themselves stranded between hostile powers, Russia and the United States, with key decisions looming over the ...

An EU map depicting Greece’s eastern Aegean and Dodecanese islands as belonging to Turkey has sparked strong reactions in ...

The fall of Uvira, the second largest city in South Kivu province, to the Rwandan-backed armed group March 23 Movement (M23) ...

Using a single currency makes it easier to travel. When adopting the euro, citizens do not need to exchange money, pay conversion fees or calculate prices in different currencies at every border. The ...