A return to Ukraine's pre-2014 borders is unrealistic. NATO membership for Ukraine is also off the table. Any future security guarantees must involve both European and non-European forces, but they ...

Two Black Hawk helicopters take off during a demonstration of the U.S. Army 101 Airborne division at Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base near Constanta, Romania, on March 31, 2023. (Daniel Mihailescu/AFP ...

More than a quarter century has passed since the United States called Slovakia a “black hole in the center of Europe” — an island of autocratic malaise surrounded by spry new democracies.

There's a lot of finger-pointing in Slovakia following the assassination attempt this week on its prime minister. It's another example of political violence that's been taking place in Europe of late.