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Policemen stand next to their cars in front of an apartment building in Södertälje, south of Stockholm, Sweden, on January 30, 2025, following the shooting of Koran burner Salwan Momika. Momika, who repeatedly burnt the Koran in 2023 in Sweden, sparking outrage in Muslim countries, has been shot dead, media reported on January 30, 2025, with police confirming a man died in a shooting the day before. A Stockholm court was due to rule on January 30, 2025 whether Salwan Momika, a Christian Iraqi who burned Kor

Policemen stand next to their cars in front of an apartment building in Södertälje, Sweden, on January 30, 2025, following the shooting of Koran burner Salwan Momika. (JONAS EKSTROMER/TT News Agency/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Quran Burning and Hate Crimes: Will Sweden Stumble into Anti-Blasphemy Laws?

Paul Marshall

Senior Fellow, Center for Religious Freedom

Paul Marshall

Feb 19, 2025

Commentary

4 Min Read

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Podcast

Which Way Euro Man?

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Feb 19, 2025

Podcast

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and then US president-elect Donald Trump shake hands after their meeting at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris, France, on December 7, 2024. (Ukrainian Presidency / Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Commentary

Trump Is Making Europe Squirm—to Force a Lasting Peace in Ukraine

Peter Rough

Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Peter Rough

Feb 18, 2025

Commentary

4 Min Read

Vice President JD Vance will meet with Federal Foreign Minister Baerbock and Federal President Steinmeier at the the 61st Munich Security Conference. (Sven Hoppe/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Commentary

A Message to Europe from Western Disunion

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Feb 17, 2025

Commentary

1 Min Read

US President Donald Trump chats with Russia's President Vladimir Putin as they attend the Economic Leaders' Meeting in the Vietnamese city of Danang on November 11, 2017.(MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Why Europe’s Security Must Be a Key US Aim

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Luke Coffey

Feb 14, 2025

Commentary

4 Min Read

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In the Media

Egypt’s Involvement in Gaza and Sudan’s New Naval Base

Jonathan Hessen

Former Nonresident Senior Fellow

Zineb Riboua

Research Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East

Jonathan Hessen & Zineb Riboua

Feb 13, 2025

In the Media

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In the Media

South Africa’s Land Expropriation Act Rattles Relations with the US

Joshua Meservey

Senior Fellow

Joshua Meservey

Feb 12, 2025

In the Media

Edward Snowden speaking from Russia during the Wired Next Fest 2019 at the Giardini Indro Montanelli on May 26, 2019, in Milan, Italy. (Rosdiana Ciaravolo via Getty Images)

Commentary

How Edward Snowden’s Leaks Benefited China

Daniel McKivergan

Former Vice President, Government Relations

Daniel McKivergan

Feb 11, 2025

Commentary

5 Min Read

President Donald Trump greets Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba upon arrival outside the White House in Washington, DC, on February 7, 2025. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)

Reports

A Good First Step: Analyzing the Trump-Ishiba Summit

William Chou

Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Japan Chair

Masashi Murano

Senior Fellow, Japan Chair

William Chou & Masashi Murano

Feb 11, 2025

Reports

9 Min Read

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In the Media

China’s Reaction to the Pressure Campaign on Panama

Michael Sobolik

Senior Fellow

Michael Sobolik

Feb 11, 2025

In the Media

African National Congress President Cyril Ramaphosa speaks to the National Chairperson Gwede Mantashe before a Lekotla meeting on August 4, 2024, in Boksburg, South Africa. (Per-Anders Pettersson via Getty Images)

Reports

The State Department Should Give Congress the Information It Needs for Sanctions Requests

Joshua Meservey

Senior Fellow

Michael Walsh

Joshua Meservey & Michael Walsh

Feb 11, 2025

Reports

5 Min Read

Personnel of the Border Security Force (BSF) take part in a full dress rehearsal parade in preparation for Republic Day celebrations on January 24, 2025 in Bengaluru, India. India celebrates its Republic Day on January 26. (Photo by Abhishek Chinnappa/Getty Images)

Personnel of the Border Security Force take part in a full dress rehearsal parade in preparation for Republic Day celebrations on January 24, 2025, in Bengaluru, India. (Abhishek Chinnappa via Getty Images)

Commentary

An India Opening: Trump Could Counter China