Americas

It’s Latin America’s traditional beacon of stability—and its next country to vote for the far right.

After suffering two attacks, Qatar is doubling down on its security strategy.

Beijing dabbles in diplomacy at Web Summit.

How a fight over culling birds turned into an anti-government flash point.

Now even Switzerland can’t escape great-power politics.

The U.S. military buildup around Venezuela has drawn comparisons to past regime change in Panama. But Washington cannot invade its way to democracy in Caracas.

The United States is about to celebrate a very worrisome Veterans Day.

The region is facing historic levels of fragmentation, one expert said.

An extraordinarily deadly police raid in Rio was anything but an aberration.

By embracing Sharaa, Trump hopes to bring Syria into the U.S. order.

The 22nd Amendment was nothing but an act of vengeance against Roosevelt, Reagan believed.

On constitutional matters of war powers and tariffs, Republican lawmakers have abandoned the field to Trump.

Lucius Shepard’s hallucinogenic stories anticipated Trump’s war fantasies.

The economic shocks precede Chávez and Maduro.

From Afghanistan to Venezuela, the misleading term has inspired decades of misguided policies against real problems.

U.S. military might can help democratize Venezuela without sending troops.

Chile, Mexico, and Peru announced new trade talks at APEC.

The U.S.-Philippines-Japan partnership needs institutionalization.

Lawmakers—including Republicans—are frustrated over a lack of communication.

Trump would be right to try something new against the Venezuelan regime.

New York’s global profile gives it a powerful role in subnational diplomacy.

A number of justices are skeptical of reading too much into the president’s “unlimited” powers.

Why Big Tech’s energy problem might prove crucial to fighting climate change.

Brazil’s people-centered climate vision risks abandoning the most vulnerable.

A vague statement opens a range of expensive possibilities.

A top China scholar and former Biden administration advisor on the Trump-Xi meeting and the future of the U.S.-China relationship.

The storm’s devastation is a key test of the United States’ reduced humanitarian response abilities.

“I am Ukrainian, right? I’m not a Democrat or Republican.”

The former U.S. vice president set out to strengthen the power of the presidency and the country but ultimately undermined both.

Washington hopes cutting off Venezuelan oil to Havana would collapse the Cuban regime.

The case is less about tariffs and more about whether the U.S. Constitution still matters.

Trump’s budget director is working through the system rather than around it.

In an increasingly dangerous era, the group’s old patterns of cooperation will not suffice.

How Trump could reshape the nuclear order.

Rare earths and other assets have given Beijing an edge in trade talks with Washington.

The U.S. president has been on a mission to secure new supply chains—and counter China’s grip.

The storm hit three island nations with vastly different approaches to climate adaptation.

From soybeans to semiconductors, here’s everything you need to know about what came out of the meeting. 

It’s unclear whether his statement refers to warhead detonations.

The United States and China have struck a vague and reversible deal.

Opening Europe’s 150 billion euro defense fund to U.S. companies could seal the deal.

COP30 in Brazil tests the 2015 climate accord at a pivotal moment.

U.S. and EU penalties on Russian oil companies raise the stakes for New Delhi’s trade talks with Washington.

Decades of accumulated technical debt have hollowed out state capacity.

Estonia’s president on Russia, Ukraine, NATO, drones, and Trump.

Did Argentine voters endorse their president’s economic overhaul—or cow to Trump’s threats?

Both sides are sending positive signals ahead of a Thursday meeting, but a temporary truce may be more likely.

One month into federal funding shortfall, U.S. defense and diplomacy resources are being stretched.

Trump’s aggression in Latin America has given a powerful boost to Beijing in the Pacific.

Economist Jared Bernstein warns that revenues simply aren’t catching up with sky-high valuations.

Internationalists are mourning the loss of soft power. Do they even know what that means anymore?

Economic carrots and sanctions aren’t powerful enough to compensate Russia for giving up its maximalist aims.

Kathryn Bigelow’s latest movie offers insights for an increasingly dangerous world.

The rise, and potential fall, of a mainstay academic theory.

The latest global picture on Trump’s tariff regime—including who has managed to cut a deal.

Both projects attracted public scrutiny and criticism, yet the contrast in approach is telling.

Contrary to Trump’s claim, diversifying the supply chain won’t drive down prices.

U.S. military planners are caught in an impossible dilemma.

Kathryn Bigelow’s nuclear thriller is terrifying—but falls short of true provocation.

A new documentary argues Nixon’s secretary of state learned the wrong lessons from his experiences with Nazi Germany.

By cutting U.S. support for labor rights around the globe, Washington is hurting workers at home and abroad.

The conservative president-elect has an economic crisis in his inbox.

China’s complex new rules take on the entire world at once—and give Trump an opportunity.

The Trump administration is working to uphold the fragile Gaza cease-fire.

Experts believe the operation is about regime change in Venezuela.

Latin America’s right has welcomed centrist Sen. Rodrigo Paz’s victory.

Can the carbon-negative country enrich itself without harming the planet?

The move follows a U.S. decision to cancel plans for a peace summit in Budapest.

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Greg Grandin on the end of the American myth of limitlessness.

Billions for Buenos Aires, and support for Argentine farmers, is not sitting well in the U.S. heartland.

After drastic cuts, some aid workers are advocating a more pragmatic approach to dealing with Trump 2.0.

Australia becomes the latest country to sign a deal with the U.S. president.

Cutting U.S. assistance to Bogotá will make it harder to stop record flows of cocaine.

Despite a recent boost in ties, history shows that Islamabad is a fickle friend in South Asia.

Tulsi Gabbard has killed a key report for covering climate change.

Ottawa’s latest reforms are a blueprint for Washington’s victims around the world.

A defining moment for Reagan was also a turning point in the decline of unions.

Making sense of the latest U.S. moves in Venezuela and beyond.

Even after the president’s impeachment, protests show little sign of slowing down.

The deal to sever China’s ties to the Panama Canal could boost its influence elsewhere in the region.

Washington and Beijing both believe they can manage the chaos. Neither can.

Here’s why you should be paying attention.

AUKUS and critical minerals will dominate the agenda for the Australian prime minister’s White House visit.

Three possible scenarios for Trump and Caracas.

Trump is using the crisis to target his political enemies.

The American-led trusteeship will command no legitimacy among Palestinians.

In diplomacy, style now matters just as much as substance.

Trump is treating the military like a “private army,” political scientist Nicholas Grossman warns.

If Trump wants peace, he must block Israel’s annexationist policies.

Don’t fall into the trap of thinking that the Gaza deal proves Trump’s diplomatic chops.

For decades, the party has been mostly counterpunching against the right with no real agenda of its own. 

The prize-winning political philosopher on how to engage in morally robust public discourse in the age of Trump.

María Corina Machado has embraced the U.S. president’s military buildup in the Caribbean.

Beijing’s new export controls take a page from Washington’s playbook.

A soft-power breakthrough amid an escalating hard-power rivalry.

Commentator Emily Jashinsky on COVID and a yearning for culture, religion, and roots.

The U.S. president addressed the Knesset after Hamas released the last remaining living hostages.

Data discrimination leaves millions of people dangerously vulnerable.

The White House has overturned the decades-old bipartisan policy consensus that female empowerment serves U.S. interests.

The indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James shows how far the president is willing to go.