EU-phoria
The Secrets of His Success

How liberal politicians can harness populist energy, too.

EU-phoria
Macron Wins Big in First Round, Crushes Left

French bonds rally as far-reaching market reforms look increasingly likely to happen.

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The UK Elections
Mayday in the UK

Yesterday’s election results show that the UK’s political culture is every bit as debased as America’s.

May's Gamble
Did Israel Just Win the British Election?

The Conservatives have joined forces with the DUP, the most “Jacksonian” political force in the UK.

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That Vision Thing
Losing Our Grip, from Paris to Podgorica to London

Ralph Waldo Emerson gave us “the shot heard round the world”; Donald J. Trump, the shove felt cross the planet.

Whole and Free
A Post-Nationalist Europe Is Not a Globalist Europe

Simple traps American critics of the EU should avoid.

Europe Today
Macron Surging in Polls

We are witness to an epochal realignment in French politics.

European Disunion
Are the Western Balkans Being Re-Balkanized?

The West must fight for this pivotal region—or risk ceding influence to the Kremlin and radical Islamism.

Hope and Change
Will Macron’s Movement Win an Absolute Parliamentary Majority?

Everyone who wishes the West well should be pulling for him—and France.

WRM Elsewhere
Zbigniew Brzezinski’s Legacy

“Brzezinski’s ability to package his depth of insight and breadth of vision into a form that worked in the Washington policy process, and was influential, is really an outstanding accomplishment.”

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