Experts at the Athens Democracy Forum this week will explore the challenges to democracy, from artificial intelligence and subversion to complacency and inequality.
Author: STEVEN ERLANGER
Athens Democracy Forum: Discontent Has Put Democracy in Jeopardy
Experts at the Athens Democracy Forum this week will explore the challenges to democracy, from artificial intelligence and subversion to complacency and inequality.
Some Europeans Fear Trump Aides Want a Far-Right Takeover
The continent’s leaders have concerns that U.S. officials are pushing for parties that support their views of nationalism and traditional values to come into power.
Drone Barrage Over Poland Was a Test for NATO, and the U.S.
A continent already on edge over the Ukraine war sees a Russian challenge to NATO readiness and to an America that wants to disengage from Europe.
European Nations Move to Restart Iran Sanctions Over Nuclear Program
Britain, France and Germany said the country had violated the terms of a 2015 nuclear deal. Iran’s foreign minister called their action “illegal.”
Securing Postwar Ukraine, Even With Trump’s Pledge to Help, Is Complex
Russia seems unlikely to agree to Western troops in Ukraine as part of any deal to end the war.
After Meeting Putin, Trump Reverts to Land Swaps for Peace in Ukraine
The U.S. president’s latest statements are a reversal of much of what he seemed to have agreed to with European allies this past week.
After Trump-Putin Alaska Summit, Europeans Worry Trump Will Pressure Zelensky
With no strategy of their own for ending the war, the continent’s leaders are anxious that President Trump will force Kyiv to accept terms that favor Russia too much.
Trump and Putin Could Decide Others’ Fates, Echoing Yalta Summit
In 1945, the map of Europe was redrawn in Yalta without input from the affected countries. Ukraine and Europe fear a repeat in Alaska.
A Sidelined Europe Seeks a Voice as Trump and Putin Prepare to Meet
Ukraine and its allies are concerned that President Trump and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia will do a deal without them and then try to impose it on Kyiv.