"Can Europe's Shrinking Military Back up its Commitment to Syria?" (11/16/2012) Europe is promising a lot to Syria. Can it make good on its promises? "The Unsinkable Nazi Past", (7/19/12) On the 70th anniversary of the Vel d’Hiv deporatations, Europe copes with its Nazi past. "Is the Economic Crisis Making Europeans Fat?" (11/17/2012) The economic crisis is changing the way Europeans eat. "Lax Controls at Banks or Systematic Rot?” (7/17/12) The scandal over HSBC is spreading, prompting Senate hearings and raising questions about larger corruption in the financial markets. "Bittersweet Chocolate News in Europe” (11/15/2012) Europe is awash in chocolate news, some good, some bad. “Britain’s Dilemma: To Extradite or Not to Extradite” (11/14/2012) Britain is confused about its own extradition policies. "My Father’s Era of Spying Was a Much Simpler - and Safer - One” (11/18/2012) An account of my father’s era as a CIA spy, and how it contrasts to today. “The Real Epidemic of Violence is Ordinary, Every Day, and Global” (7/21/12) After the Aurora shootings, the epidemic of daily violence remains an overlooked global problem. "The not so funny Fiasco of the London Games, so far” (7/20/12) A look at the snafus in the runup to the XXX London Olympiad. "Europe: Unstable at the Center, Worse at the Edges” (7/18/12) While its economic core melts, Europe’s undemocratic fringes are also a cause for concern.