Daniel is formerly a research fellow for European affairs in the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom at The Heritage Foundation.
View all authorsInternationalCommentary
In the wee hours of Friday morning, leaders of the member states of the European Union announced they had reached an agreement at the European… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Italy’s Five Star Movement and the Lega party managed to form a coalition government June 1, after months of talks following parliamentary elections in early… Read More
InternationalAnalysis
When Swedes go to the polls in September, it will be with a backdrop of increasing crime and renewed concern over Russian aggression. In January,… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s speech on Tuesday at the Wilson Center on strengthening Western alliances rightly placed U.S. alliances in Europe front and center… Read More
InternationalCommentary
On Sunday, one of the most important elections in Europe will take place. The German people go to the polls to elect a new Parliament,… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Russian actions in Belarus, an Eastern European country slightly smaller than the state of Kansas, are causing concern among neighboring countries. Russia is planning massive… Read More
InternationalCommentary
In May 2015, Russia began constructing a planned 11.8-mile bridge across the Kerch Strait, a body of water that sits between the Black Sea and… Read More
InternationalCommentary
In May, media reports indicated the Trump administration was considering returning two compounds—one in Maryland and one in New York—to Russia. Those compounds were seized… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Large-scale cyberattacks against Ukraine on Tuesday reportedly hit government ministries, including the Cabinet of Ministers, several banks, a state power distributor, the Ukrainian postal service,… Read More
SecurityCommentary
NATO heads of state will gather Thursday in Brussels for a so-called mini-summit (officially a meeting of the North Atlantic Council at the heads-of-state level)…. Read More
