The British economy is in a serious economic downturn. This trouble comes as the government experiences changes in the top two offices: the monarch and the Prime Minister. Following the death of Queen Elizabeth II on Sept. 8, 2022, her son, King Charles III, has been working to settle into his new role as the country’s figurehead. However, the person many people blame for this downturn is Prime Minister Liz Truss, who took office on Sept. 6, 2022.

After a nearly-successful attempt on his life, followed by a crushing military defeat at the hands of the Prussian Army in 1757, King Louis XV pondered the precarious future of France with four biblical, nihilistic words: “Après moi, le Deluge.”

The economies of Europe seem to be caught between a rock and a hard place - that is, between record-high inflation and a potential recession.

As the conflict in Ukraine still dominates the political arenas across Europe, undercurrents of various far-right movements in the continent seem to be on rise once again.

As it has become increasingly evident with each passing week, the Russian invasion of Ukraine has forced nearly every country in Western Europe to reevaluate its security doctrines.

One month into the war in Ukraine, European countries started facing some of the harshest effects of the conflict – and showed a slight faltering in resolve on continuing facing off against Russia