Europe
The G-7 annual meeting, which was once an amicable conclave of industrialized democracies, is taking place today with unusual acrimony. Trading partners? Donald Trump of course, is the center of hostile [...]
Europe
There is hardly a better example of European Union ineptitude and drift than its handling of a new wave of migration storming Italy. So far this year, about 80,000 migrants, mostly from sub-Saharan Africa, [...]
Europe
Angela Merkel made a splash with her speech last week saying that Europe could no longer rely on the United States. She didn’t exactly say on what, but anyway it was an unusually forthright slap at Washington. [...]
Europe
Rome— A pair of ISIS killers in provincial France slit the throat of an elderly priest while he was celebrating mass. The killing, and hostage taking in a church, was shocking, but should not surprise. [...]
Americas
Rome—There has been much checkbook rattling in Europe in response to Great Britain’s decision to exit the European Union with cries that the UK must absolutely be punished to deter anyone else who [...]
Americas
London–President Obama is winding up his lecture tour of Europe during which he told Europeans to get with his program of unbridled globalization and forget about any connection it might have to [...]
Europe
London—German Chancellor Angela Merkel should step down. Once Europe’s only forthright and decisive leader, she has become a groveling embarrassment and a danger by caving into Turkey’s [...]