List of North America articles
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A U.S. flag flies in front of the U.S. Capitol A U.S. Foreign Policy Fit for the 21st Century
A new resolution aims to forge a foreign policy that works for everyday people.
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U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during the virtual Summit for Democracy in Washington on Dec. 9, 2021. Strengthening Democracy Is a Better Counterterrorism Strategy
The spread of transnational violent groups is primarily a governance problem. Time to start treating it like one.
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Researchers work on a nuclear testing project in 1974. The United States’ Nuclear Security Infrastructure Is Dangerously Old
Modernizing vital technologies will help ensure a reliable deterrent.
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Labor activists demand higher minimum wage Why Gains for U.S. Workers Are Good for the World
The rising power of labor will have ripple effects far from U.S. shores.
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A member of security forces loyal to Yemen's Houthi rebels stands guard. Biden’s Yemen About-Face
The White House prepares a reversal on a key foreign-policy pledge.
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biden-foreign-policy-report-card-nicolas-ortega-illustration-site Is Biden’s Foreign Policy Grade A Material?
More than 30 experts grade the U.S. president’s first year of foreign policy.
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Ruble exchange rates in Moscow. What Financial Markets Are Telling Biden About Geopolitics
As Washington crafts its foreign policy, asset prices may offer important guidance.
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Bill Clinton and Joe Biden at a meeting of the U.S. Congressional delegation to the NATO summit in Spain on July 7, 1998. Liberal Illusions Caused the Ukraine Crisis
The greatest tragedy about Russia’s potential invasion is how easily it could have been avoided.
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Joe Biden takes his sunglasses off as he arrives for a campaign event with President Barack Obama at Strawbery Banke Field in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on Sept. 7, 2012. How Biden Became a Nationalist by Necessity
What the U.S. president’s first year teaches us about him—and the world.
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Martin Luther King Jr. walks with other activists during an anti-Vietnam War demonstration in New York on March 16, 1967. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Forgotten Foreign-Policy Vision
Commemorations of the civil rights icon often overlook his transnational conception of racial justice.
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A meeting of the United Nations Security Council Biden Plans U.N. Showdown if Russia Invades Ukraine
There’s lots of history at the Security Council, but few changes.
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U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan in 2006 The U.S. Military Is a Helicopter Parent
Washington needs to trust partner forces to stand on their own feet.
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A worker cuts steel at a factory in Huaibei in China’s eastern Anhui province. Can the United States Really Decouple From China?
Probably not—but that doesn’t mean it won’t try.
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In an aerial view, traffic creeps along Virginia Highway 1 after being diverted away from Interstate 95 after it was closed due to a winter storm. Traffic Jams Are a Very American Disaster
The I-95 backup shows how easily highways can become traps.
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Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani arrives in Vienna. How Close Is Iran to Getting a Nuclear Weapon?
Why Tehran’s breakout time has shrunk—and the technological hurdles that remain.
