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Lee Hockstader

@leehockstader

European Affairs columnist, 40-year veteran of The Washington Post. Based in Paris. American. Europhile.

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Will Pope Leo finally break the church’s cycle of denial?

18.07.2025 12:17 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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The Viennese paradox: Urban superstar and right-wing whipping boy

11.07.2025 14:58 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

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Don’t believe the conventional wisdom. Ukraine can still lose.

04.07.2025 19:44 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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At the NATO summit, fear of Trump dominates

25.06.2025 19:41 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

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NATO’s call to arms: Time to muscle up ‘at the speed of fear’

20.06.2025 12:34 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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Heading to Paris and hungry? Maybe bring some trail mix.

17.06.2025 10:28 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

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Haiti is an object lesson in the costs of global apathy

05.06.2025 13:22 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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In Poland’s golden hour, a looming threat to Europe’s unity

30.05.2025 12:28 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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Europe’s military buildup: A breakneck race that’s not fast enough

14.05.2025 13:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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The stench of Russian war crimes and the imperative of justice

08.05.2025 11:55 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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Europe’s man of the hour, Friedrich Merz, faces ferocious headwinds

01.05.2025 12:06 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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Values-free bullying in Ukraine masquerades as peace talks

26.04.2025 09:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Not too well, to be honest.

19.04.2025 16:06 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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What FDR built, Trump is tearing down

18.04.2025 12:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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In his contempt for Europe, Trump might reap what he has sown

04.04.2025 12:37 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

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The standard-bearer of France’s far right, disgraced but dangerous

31.03.2025 21:03 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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The clock is ticking on the U.S.-U.K. ‘special relationship’

27.03.2025 10:57 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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How Trump could get a win-win arrangement with Greenland and Denmark

20.03.2025 10:18 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

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Under Trump, the U.S. bleeds soft power overseas

14.03.2025 11:47 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 1

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Europe faces a crisis that many could see coming miles away

07.03.2025 13:18 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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Europe, appalled, watches as Trump becomes Putin’s poodle

27.02.2025 13:18 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

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Germany, dodging a bullet, now faces a hostile U.S.

24.02.2025 20:42 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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On Gaza and Ukraine, this French statesman has warnings for America

20.02.2025 13:36 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Opinion | What’s behind Vance’s stunning decision to embrace Germany’s AfD? After berating European allies, Vance met with the leader of the far-right AfD party, Alice Weidel.

"What part of “neo-Nazi” does JD Vance not understand?" asks @leehockstader.bsky.social in his column at WP today.

He's trying too hard, Vance does not care to understands. He only understands what is beneficial to him - like the other MAGA leaders! <.... 2>

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

17.02.2025 12:10 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

No link!

17.02.2025 12:05 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

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What’s behind Vance’s stunning decision to embrace Germany’s AfD?

17.02.2025 12:02 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

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For peace in Ukraine, European troops might be Trump’s toughest ask

13.02.2025 22:35 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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As VW stumbles, its headquarters’ town — and Germany — shudder

13.02.2025 12:03 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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In Germany’s elections, a last, best chance to hold off extremists

10.02.2025 12:58 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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Trump sabotages his own idea for lasting peace in Ukraine

30.01.2025 18:31 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0