Erik Jones

2 months ago | wishtv.com | Erik Jones |William D. Byron |Jay Adkins

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — EDITORS/NEWS DIRECTORS:NASCAR’s version of the Super Bowl is here with the 2025 season set to begin Feb. 16 with the Daytona 500 — the biggest event on the 38-race Cup Series schedule that runs until November. The Daytona 500 has been held at Daytona International Speedway since its 1959 debut.

Jan 13, 2025 | foreignaffairs.com | Michael Froman |Erik Jones |Matthias Matthijs |Camille Grand

Donald Trump, the U.S. president-elect, has long nursed well-known grievances about the European Union. He has pointed to the large bilateral trade deficit between the United States and the EU—about $131 billion in 2022 and $208 billion in 2023—as proof that the Europeans are not playing by the rules and are taking advantage of American naivety.

Apr 30, 2024 | journalofdemocracy.org | Richard Youngs |Elena Avramovska |Johanna Lutz |Erik Jones

The danger is greater than the rise of far-right parties. In fact, there is a risk that in their eagerness to contain the far right, European leaders may do greater damage to democracy itself. By Richard YoungsApril 2024Elections for all 720 seats in the European Parliament are set for June 6 through 9 of this year. The results may confront democracy with a severe stress test.

Apr 8, 2024 | carnegieeurope.eu | Erik Jones |Richard Youngs |Rosa Balfour

Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine has triggered a seismic shift in European geopolitics, prompting governments to reassess policies from defense to energy. Initially seen by many as a transformative event, the war was expected to usher in a new era of unity, strengthened security ties, and a reaffirmed commitment to liberal values across Europe. But as the conflict persists, leaders are struggling to move out of crisis mode and set the foundations for a more robust European order.

Mar 25, 2024 | frontstretch.com | Erik Jones |John Hunter Nemechek |William D. Byron |Nick Tylwalk

Admit it: Even after he won six times in 2023, leading all NASCAR Cup Series drivers, you weren’t 100% convinced about William Byron as a perennial championship contender. Not to say that he felt like a fluke, per se. You don’t find your way to victory lane that many times in one year in the most competitive era in NASCAR and deserve that label. It was more a case of whether he could keep it up or do what sports stats nerds call regressing to the mean.