Every week leading experts answer a new question from Judy Dempsey on the international challenges shaping Europe’s role in the world.

The euro crisis and the worsening political and economic situation in Greece, in combination with a growing anti-austerity sentiment across the continent, have infused the Germany-Greece game with a political undercurrent bordering on the surreal.

Merkel is still convinced that austerity and reforms are the way forward to save the euro and make Europe more competitive.

What we are observing on the world scene is not so much the decline of the West as the rise—and a very uneven one—of some of the rest.

No matter which party wins on Sunday, Greece’s next government needs to achieve a giant leap in political culture if it is to make the Greek economy more competitive, the state more efficient, and civil society more vibrant.

Every week leading experts answer a new question from Judy Dempsey on the international challenges shaping Europe’s role in the world.

A year and a half after it started operations, some developments in the EEAS seem to indicate that a number of good things are actually getting done.

Poland's efforts to influence politics in Ukraine are fading fast. It's time for a rethink.

In a short interview, Olga Shumylo-Tapiola explains that hosting EURO 2012 will give ordinary Ukrainians a chance to show the best of themselves and their country and to break down some of the barriers separating them from their European neighbors.

Angela Merkel is a staunch defender of Israel but far from silent over Benjamin Netanyahu's settlement policies.