Americas

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.

The force will help coordinate humanitarian aid and security but won’t enter Gaza.

The U.S.-China trade war has just escalated—again.

Only U.S. pressure will ensure that Israel honors the Gaza cease-fire.

His vanity is reshaping geopolitics and opens a way to game U.S. policy.

Taiwan’s pushback on chip production underscores continued U.S. dependency.

Four countries are defying global anti-migrant sentiment to offer free movement to their citizens.

The U.S. president is sending the military into more and more American cities.

Major issues like Hamas’s disarmament remain unresolved.

More sanctions on LPG and “shadow fleet” tankers indicate more maximum pressure on Tehran.

An outline of the agreement had been on the table for months.

A report suggests that Islamabad continues to use its critical minerals to attract U.S. financing.

The U.S. president is drawing ever more from Chinese autocrats’ playbook.

Instead of sheltering pro-democracy dissidents, America is now returning them for arrest.

The United States’ strategic edge in spying needs to be AI and open-source intelligence.

There is cautious optimism for an agreement, but many outstanding details remain unresolved.

Popular entertainers can deliver symbolic blows in dangerous times.

The Harvard historian on government shutdowns and the rights and duties of an American citizen.

The move makes sense for U.S. strategy, but it may cause heartburn for isolationist and Pacific-focused Pentagon leaders.

Historical fiction set in ancient Britain and 20th-century Puerto Rico.

How an idea that promised a brave new world seemingly delivered dystopia instead.

The show-don’t-tell side of Chief of War keeps the series lingering in the mind.

Australia has bucked the trend of shrinking U.S. security commitments.

The resolution was a rare point of consensus between Washington and Latin American countries.

Israel and Hamas won’t go willingly.

Trump gives Doha major (and unusual) security guarantees.

Is there historical precedent for this kind of financial intervention?

Jobs across the continent are at risk as a duty-free deal with Washington lapses.

Other countries don’t have government shutdowns like the U.S.

Thousands of national security employees will continue working through the shutdown, but there are broader implications.

It’s not the economy, stupid.

Military leaders’ quiet professionalism offers hope amid a maelstrom.

Internal fissures mean that the Taliban’s rejection of the issue is far from settled.

Why is the Trump administration intent on rescuing a failed foreign leader?

There are several options for dealing with the Trump administration.

Adding members and removing the unilateral veto would make the body stronger.

The system is broken, but there are much better ways to fix it.

There’s no shame in getting fired when it is not for cause.

They’ve been done before, with forgettable results, but there is reason to believe they would work better today.

Beijing will still retain considerable influence over the U.S. version of the app.

A new biography should be required reading for everyone currently working in silence in Washington.

Israel has many friends in Washington, but MAGA is increasingly divided.

From Trump’s “chemistry” with Lula to a U.S. bailout of Argentina.