Behind the jokes lies a gentler truth Europe is reluctant to face. The post-war “rules-based international order” — always ...

Behind every coronation lurked a network of rivals, scheming nobles, jealous heirs, and foreign powers waiting for weakness. Murders were disguised as accidents, rebellions, or divine judgment—but ...

Across every ring, Russia is applying pressure. Europe is already in conflict; not future, not theoretical, but present and ...