Tag: Europe

In a Saturday press conference with Polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (pictured above) said: "Like Poland, the United States opposes the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. We see it as undermining Europe's overall energy security and stability." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Energy and Environment

Rex Tillerson says ‘stability’ threatened by Russian pipeline

John Siciliano · January 27, 2018 4:33 pm

It is both morally pathetic and intellectually absurd. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP, File)

Beltway Confidential

Too many Europeans are determined to appease Iran at all costs

Tom Rogan · January 26, 2018 10:08 pm

How can President Trump take that America-first attitude to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland? Simple: Just as enlightened self-interest always involves cooperation with others, so enlightened national interest involves economic and strategic cooperation with others. (Gian Ehrenzeller/Keystone via AP)

‘America First’ in Davos

Washington Examiner · January 26, 2018 5:01 am

A Changing of the Guards At Prague Castle?

Dalibor Rohac · January 25, 2018 9:50 am

General Electric is cooperating with a Justice Department probe of a discontinued mortgage business.

The decline and fall of General Electric, the poster child of Obamanomics

Timothy P. Carney · January 24, 2018 4:07 am

Afternoon Links: The School District Deep State, Long Live the Mold-A-Rama, and Paul Ryan’s Crazy Challenger Returns

Jim Swift · January 23, 2018 9:12 pm

Vice President Mike Pence said, "We are sending a signal to our European allies that the time has come for changes in the Iran nuclear deal." (Ronen Zvulun/Pool via AP)

Mike Pence: ‘The time has come for changes in the Iran nuclear deal’

Sarah Bedford · January 23, 2018 1:16 pm

Nick Carter's speech was serious and significant. (Steve Parsons/PA via AP, File)

Beltway Confidential

Top British army general: We must adapt to Russia’s growing threat

Tom Rogan · January 22, 2018 9:56 pm

In this Jan. 9, 2017, photo, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., left, and Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md. listen as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with lawmakers on immigration policy in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. Bargainers seeking a bipartisan immigration accord planned talks as soon as Wednesday as President Donald Trump and leading lawmakers sought to parlay an extraordinary White House meeting into momentum for resolving a politically blistering issue.(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Washington Secrets

Surprise: Africa leads in sending refugees to US

Paul Bedard · January 18, 2018 3:17 pm

Both the European Union and French President Emmanuel Macron have made moves over the past week to give government more censorship power. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

Fake news is better than a federal Ministry of Truth

Washington Examiner · January 16, 2018 5:01 am

President Trump waived sanctions on Iran for the last time on Friday. In doing so, he seems to recognize that the best way to serve U.S. security interests is to persuade the European Union to support improvements to the nuclear deal. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Beltway Confidential

Trump takes the right tack on Iran

Tom Rogan · January 12, 2018 7:51 pm

In a Friday statement, President Trump said: "I am waiving the application of certain nuclear sanctions, but only in order to secure our European allies' agreement to fix the terrible flaws of the Iran nuclear deal." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump: Europe has one ‘last chance’ to fix the Iran deal

Joel Gehrke · January 12, 2018 7:25 pm