How Europe Left Itself Open to Terrorism
The ISIS attacks on France and Belgium exposed weaknesses in Europe’s approach to borders and information sharing that…
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Europeans See Some Asylum Seekers as More Worthy Than Others
New research suggests neither mass acceptance nor mass rejection of new immigrants from the Middle East. By Tom…
Teaching Abroad in Tumultuous Times
There’s been an uptick interrorist attacks throughout the West. So why is the U.S. considered safe, and Europe…
Was Climate Change Partly to Blame for Europe’s Deadly Heat Wave?
In 2003, climate change increased the risk of heat-related deaths by 70 percent in Paris and by 20…
We’re Having Our Hottest Summers Since Before the Roman Empire
A new study puts recent European summer heatwaves in ancient context.
Can a Divided Europe Handle the Refugee Crisis?
Deaths at sea and a chaotic refugee influx reflect the failure of European Union leaders to settle on a common immigration policy, says one of Italy’s top elected officials.
Nine Millennia Ago, Northern Europe May Have Resisted Farming
As farmers came to Europe from the Near East, they usually brought their culture with them—just not in the Baltics and other parts of northern Europe.
Europe’s Smartphone Detox
Smartphone penetration in Spain is similar to that in the United States, but nobody over there seems to be talking about addiction to technology. They are talking though—to each other, in person.
Lisbon, the Bangalore of Europe
The call center boom in Lisbon, Portugal, provides another example of how brain drain promotes economic development.
The Illusion of Belonging for European Jews
On the surface, today’s Jews can go about their lives as proudly, as openly, and as securely as members of the majority. But as the recent attacks in Denmark and France—and Europe’s response in the aftermath—remind us, this is a frighteningly fragile, if not illusory, achievement.