Opinion

Taking kleptocracy seriously requires ambitious solutions to deter and punish corrupt leaders enjoying impunity in the countries they rule.

We need to be thinking now about ensuring Russia doesn’t form a power bloc with China in the long term — and even about what may appear now to be an unthinkable alliance.

Ukraine has made a choice. In choosing to fight against autocracy and aggression, it has decided for Europe. Now it’s on us to respond.

Continued cooperation with New Delhi is still preferable — even if difficult.

Marine Le Pen’s far-right party has won its first National Assembly in the region.

To what extent are we prepared to stand up for our values, and at what economic cost? 

With no signs of abating, we need to weed out racism and intolerance once and for all.

Decisions made regarding vaccines have inflicted incalculable misery, shaping how the German leader will be remembered.

Today, Amnesty International has taken the significant step of naming the defendants prisoners of conscience.

If what voters desire is balance, an executive committed to a radical program won’t give it to them.

In the impasse between Brussels and Belgrade, it’s disputable what the bloc has to gain.

We’re returning to a time when nuclear threats were the norm — and the world flirted with Armageddon.

Poland’s rule of law crisis and the war in Ukraine are bound to reshape the bloc.

The government can’t, in good faith, continue to ignore pushback allegations — and it must act now.

Neither France nor the leader himself have proven the intermediary he conceives them to be.

To ensure a habitable planet, the most influential powers must take responsibility — and we can’t afford delays.

We must have the courage to strategically rethink Europe’s future.

Ensuring security will require investment in the next generation of military technologies.

The EU must keep its Thessaloniki promise to the Western Balkans.

Safeguarding fundamental rights should no longer be a radical dream, but an obvious reality.

Getting Russia to contribute to the effort won’t be easy, and Western leaders must proceed with caution.

Moments of crisis for the government present opportunities for the opposition — this time’s no different.

As governments become the arbiters of reality, what we need is open debate.