List of North America articles
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The Taiwanese navy launches a U.S.-made missile Is America Overextending Itself?
The case for U.S. restraint in Ukraine, Taiwan, and beyond.
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Google's Quantum Computers Why Quantum Computing Is Even More Dangerous Than Artificial Intelligence
The world already failed to regulate AI. Let’s not repeat that epic mistake.
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Sen. Lindsey Graham (left) speaks with Sen. Chris Coons U.S. Foreign Aid Pilot Program Sparks Fight With Congress
A “game-changing” bill hits an impasse over programs in Haiti and Libya.
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Biden sits at a table with other men in suits and face masks. No Accountability on Afghanistan a Year Later
As blame games swirl in Washington, will anyone be held to account?
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A Ukrainian officer awards soldiers in Donetsk, Ukraine. Will They Fight? Washington Wants to Know.
The United States thought Afghans would fight and Ukrainians would fold. Reality is forcing a reassessment.
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U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi poses with lawmakers after signing the Inflation Reduction Act at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Aug. 12. Biden’s Historic Climate Bill Needs Smart Foreign Policy
The White House’s crowning domestic policy achievement can’t reach its full potential without engaging the world.
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An American flag billows in the wind as immigrants stand and take the oath of allegiance to the United States during a naturalization ceremony at Liberty State Park in Jersey City, New Jersey, on Sept. 15, 2017. America Needs a Great Opening
Why Washington should focus on recruiting the best talent from around the world.
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The U.S. dollar over the globe.. The World Is Seeing How the Dollar Really Works
By raising interest rates, the Federal Reserve strengthened the U.S. currency—and revealed its centrality to global order.
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U.S. Navy sailors bring ammunition supplies ashore for Cubans fighting for independence from Spain in this print published in 1898. America’s Long Road to Global Power
Michael Mandelbaum has written a masterful interpretation of the twists and turns of U.S. foreign policy.
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Pablo Picasso with his arts dealer Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler How Picasso Became Big Business
A new history of modern art flips the script by focusing on dealers, collectors, and curators.
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A group of German children stand atop building rubble to cheer a U.S. cargo plane as it flies over a western section of Berlin in 1948 as American and British forces airlift food and supplies to after Soviet forces surrounded and closed off the besieged city. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images Why Superpower Crises Are a Good Thing
A new era of tensions will focus minds and break logjams, as Cold War history shows.
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Robert Malley, a man with glasses, is seen from the side against a black background. Iran Deal Talks Go Into Overtime
The top U.S. negotiator is making a last-ditch trip to Vienna.
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U.S. President Joe Biden and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on July 16. The Old Human Rights Playbook Won’t Work Anymore
As Biden’s Saudi visit showed, state-to-state shaming isn’t the only way to shift the calculus of authoritarian rulers who abuse their citizens.
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A photo taken on October 21, 2020 shows a tourist walking past a mural painted on a wall on Taiwan's Kinmen islands, which lie just two miles from mainland China's coast. What Does the Pelosi Taiwan Uproar Mean for U.S. China Policy?
The controversy over Nancy Pelosi’s proposed trip highlights the contradictions of U.S. policy toward the island.
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Cuban singer Dianelys Alfonso Cuba’s Music Industry Is Having a #MeToo Moment
Alleged assaults by musicians have sparked a larger conversation on gender violence in the country.
