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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.