The diplomat questioned whether Europe would be a dynamic economy or just somewhere Americans visit for lovely wines, cheeses and beers

Only 7% of Europe's original area of peatlands remain. What's more: their climate boundaries are shifting. An international study led by Wageningen University as part of the WaterLANDS project analyzed the current distribution of peatlands and mapped their likelihood of remaining under future climate scenarios.

The National Defense Authorization Act also would repeal a pair of decades-old war authorizations and proposes an $8 billion boost to Trump's defense budget.

Three scholars propose to solve the Continent’s economic problems with a return to the EU’s roots.

A new White House policy document formalizes President Trump’s long-held contempt for Europe’s leaders. It made clear that the continent now stands at a strategic crossroads.

The Trump administration warned that Europe faces "civilizational erasure" due to mass migration and other political issues.

Europe faces "civilizational erasure" and must change to remain a reliable US ally, National Security Strategy posted by White House website says.

The Trump administration says societal threats mean some European nations may not be "strong enough to remain reliable allies."

It took far too long, but Europe is finally getting serious about military spending. This summer, at NATO’s most recent summit in The Hague, member states agreed to increase defense spending substantially, to 5 percent of GDP, within a decade.