Europe

^{Stephen C. Meyer
June 16, 2016
Foreign Policy}

The European Union: An Un-Democratic Leviathan That Britain Might Just Escape

_{Stephen C. Meyer
June 16, 2016
Foreign Policy}

America’s closest ally, Great Britain, stands on the brink of a profound decision, one that could determine whether it remains the free, prosperous democracy that has worked closely with the United States since World War II, or goes on morphing into something much smaller and sadder. Read More ›

President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the UNGA Climate Summit 2014 in the General Assembly Hall at the United Nations in New York, N.Y., Sept. 23, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson)

^{John Wohlstetter
February 5, 2015
Foreign Policy}

The Great Obama Retreat

_{John Wohlstetter
February 5, 2015
Foreign Policy}

Just before he was elected president in 2008, Barack Obama declared, “We are just five days away from fundamentally transforming the United States of America.” He may not succeed in his aim to transform the domestic landscape. Instead his legacy may be a different transformation entirely: a tectonic shift in America’s position in the world, diminishing America’s status abroad to Read More ›

^{Liam Moriarty
October 1, 2009
Cascadia}

Fast Train In The Fast Lane

_{Liam Moriarty
October 1, 2009
Cascadia}

This article, published by Europe & Us (a special project of KPLU News), quotes Discovery Institute Fellow Bruce Agnew: … This conference was organized by the Cascadia Center, a Seattle-based think tank that promotes innovative approaches to transportation. Director Bruce Agnew says state lawmakers, port commissioners and business leaders are lining up behind passenger rail. The full article can be Read More ›

European Union flag against European Parliament

^{George Weigel
March 9, 2006
Foreign Policy}

Europe’s Two Culture Wars

_{George Weigel
March 9, 2006
Foreign Policy}

Spain seemed to be standing firm against terror, with demonstrators around the country wielding signs denouncing the "murderers" and "assassins." Yet things did not hold. Read More ›

^{Richard Rahn
January 1, 2006
Economics}

Eradicating European Flu

_{Richard Rahn
January 1, 2006
Economics}

Europe has not yet suffered from bird flu, but it suffers from an even more debilitating economic flu — excessive government dependency. That dependency is sapping both its economic vitality and its spirit and has grown most acute in the core of Europe: Germany, France and Italy. We need to help our European friends fight this disease, not through a Read More ›

European Union on a glass ball in front of shining lights

^{Richard Rahn
February 6, 2003
Economics}

The Economic Ruin of Europe

_{Richard Rahn
February 6, 2003
Economics}

Assume the villain in a new James Bond movie has the goal of the economic destruction of Europe. How would he do it? First some background. In the 1960s and 1970s, Europe boasted brisk economic growth. From 1965 to 1974, government spending in Western Europe averaged 37 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP), and economic growth averaged 4.3 percent Read More ›