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

We cannot yet be sure if the election of Mohamed Morsi as president of Egypt marks the beginning of a new era for the country.

A long-awaited report from the European External Action Service provides a chance for the EU to reestablish its credentials as the leading Western organization supporting human rights and democracy.

With major economic interests at stake, the European Union must become a player in Southeast Asian security.

Fortress Europe is damaging Europe’s reputation for human rights and values.

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.