Europe has joined America as a migrant-receiving space, and as recent events have shown, immigration can be explosive unless properly handled. The American example, as well as my own family experience, offers some possible guidelines.
Recent investigations and trials in EU countries have confirmed what has long been a consensus amongst terrorism experts: Hezbollah is using Europe to secure its financing.
France must join its European partners in calling for Hezbollah to be placed on the European Union's list of terrorist organizations if it wants to be comprehensive in its fight against terrorism. France could very well become the next European hotspot for the organization once it is driven out of Germany.
Amid the tumultuous political developments in trans-Atlantic and European affairs over the last decade, Germany has been a bedrock of stability, with Chancellor Angela Merkel a key global leader.
A recent survey revealed that 36% of Germans believe that the U.S. is the greatest threat to their democracy, higher than China and Russia. In a separate survey, 66% of Germans stated they would want Germany to remain neutral in a conflict between the United States and Russia or China. How can America be seen as a greater threat to German democracy than Russia and China? How could public perception sink so low?