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Migrants gather on the Belarusian-Polish border in an attempt to cross it at the Bruzgi-Kuznica Bialostocka border crossing, Belarus November 15, 2021. Oksana Manchuk/BelTA/Handout via REUTERS.

Europe’s Refugee Crisis at Belarus Border

Alexander Lukashenko, self-proclaimed as “Europe’s last dictator,” continues his ongoing feud with the European Union. Lukashenko has orchestrated an unprecedented influx of refugees at its borders…

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Despite the relentless attempts by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to restore his country's foreign relations after their worsening for years, he recently launched a verbal war against the…

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French President Emmanuel Macron gives the opening speech of a video international donor conference for Lebanon at the Elysee presidential Palace in Paris on December 2, 2020. (Getty)

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During a meeting of EU Foreign Ministers in Brussels earlier this week, the French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian called for the EU to start the process of imposing sanctions on Lebanese…

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Flags of NATO member countries hang at the Parliament Square at the last NATO Summit in London, on December 2, 2019.

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Tensions over anemic European defense spending have long suffused transatlantic relations—and since 2014, they have become all-consuming, crowding out other priorities, straining the alliance, and…

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Last May’s European parliamentary election was a reflection of the divisions threatening the stability of the European Union. The populist group Europe of Freedom and Democracy (EFD) managed to gain…

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Hungarian protestors hold EU and Hungarian flags during a demonstration against Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government and his party 'FIDESZ' in Budapest on March 15, 2019. (Getty)

Europe’s Largest Party Suspends Its Resident Autocrat—for Now

Less than two months ahead of elections to theEuropean Parliament, the body’s largest party is in disarray. The European People’s Party (EPP), a center-right, pro-EU alliance of more than 40 national…

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German Government Press Office (BPA), German Chancellor Angela Merkel talks with newly-elected French President Emmanuel on May 15, 2017 in Berlin, Germany. (Getty)

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