European Dispatch

Preventing seafood fraud won’t be easy, but a new law has potential to stop fish poaching and laundering, which involves mislabeling fish in restaurants.

German Chancellor (and physicist) Angela Merkel did a 180 on nuclear energy after Fukushima, setting off an "energy revolution" in the process.

Why do so many American and so few British soldiers suffer from post-traumatic stress?

Will investing in speed and electrification create the "sparks effect" needed to convince Americans to ride high-speed rail?

The idea that governments can reduce both addiction and street crime — and maybe bleed black markets dry — by managing drug distribution has gained momentum.

New Islamic theology courses offered at Goethe University in Frankfurt are an example of a new movement to train imams in Europe.

International treaties aren't the way to combat cyber sabotage.

Why euro-bashers could turn against the dollar, and how they might be stopped.

A U.S. immigration court creates a new persecuted group in Europe: Christian home-schoolers.

The voracious U.S. appetite for intel on casual tourists pushes the boundaries of privacy without necessarily keeping Americans safe.

The BBC finds the right way to counter Holocaust deniers: You have the public question them.

How can the U.S. and Europe keep ship owners from paying ransoms that make Somali pirates more dangerous?

As the Germans and French have shown, a 'public option' for health insurance needn't give government a socialistic monopoly.

Feed-in tariffs grow green power but may fall victim to energy politics, German-style.