Lee Hockstader

The French leader is wisely warning about Europe’s vulnerabilities, but is anyone listening?

Spain’s fertility rate is lowest among major Western countries. Increased immigration has helped soften the blow, but risks remain.

A few dozen Russian athletes will be at the Paris Summer Games, competing under a neutral flag. But why should they be there at all?

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg proposed a $100 billion package to ensure military aid to Ukraine for five years. Europe also needs to ensure its own preparedness.

The 27-nation European Union has faced protests and discontent ahead of critical elections. The challenge is to the continent’s decades-long centrist consensus.

Dmitry Muratov won the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize as editor of Russia’s last truly free newspaper. He remains in Moscow, outspoken, forthright and free — for now.

The prime minister said on Tuesday that he will resign. What’s needed is an international operation to restore some semblance of order.

Officials skewered each other for ill-considered comments, but Europe has deeper strategic problems: frail fighting forces and anemic military production.

Robert Badinter, who died last week at 95, was the driving force behind ending state-sponsored barbarism in France. For that he was lionized -- and reviled.

The Opening Ceremonies for the Paris Summer Olympics will be unprecedented in ambition, scale — and possibly also risk. Can French security forces handle it?