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

Europe needs to create a nation state that can still infuse people with a sense of purpose and identity, while at the same time organizing many of the state's functions in a new kind of legitimate political entity that transcends the nation.

Because Europe and the United States have shared values the State Department wants both to work together to promote them in the Asia-Pacific region.

Europeans should focus on Europe’s role in the world, which could ultimately prove to be a key part of a solution to the euro crisis.

Azerbaijan's energy resources are no excuse for Europe's disregard for human rights. Values and interests can be separated.

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

Despite Europe's current weakness, one feature of European politics is very much the envy of many Asian observers: the continent's institutional and procedural framework.

The United States needs Britain inside, not outside Europe.

In both Europe and Russia, things will probably need to get worse before they start getting better.

Merkel and Hollande know why they have to work together, and they will have to do so quickly if Europe is to emerge from the euro crisis.