It’s not solely or even mostly Trump; it’s the EU’s inability to get its act together.

Released at a time of enormous hope for the European project, Krzysztof Kieślowski’s classic film trilogy has much to tell us now that so many of those hopes are fading.

In the EU leadership contest, the Visegrád countries have succeeded in stymying their opponents but have failed utterly to advance their own interests.

Brexit in all its banal futility shows a return to the normal nastiness of Europe, after a 70-year hiatus of borrowed stability paid for by America.

The clock is ticking, and the odds of a messy British exit from the European Union are only rising. The stakes for Washington, too, are enormous.

Will the European rift widen in 2018?

In forcing Catalonia to clarify its intentions on independence, Madrid is chipping away at the separatists’ facade of unity.

Spain’s present troubles are a reflection of the challenges facing liberal democracy throughout the West.

Cracks are showing in the group’s common defiance of Brussels. How significant are they?

Amidst a bitter internal fight, Germany’s AfD may be staggering, but it isn’t down for the count.