List of North America articles
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South Korean President Moon Jae-in talks on the phone with U.S. President Donald Trump at the presidential Blue House on February 28, 2019 in Seoul. (Photo by South Korean Presidential Blue House via Getty Images) Moon Jae-in Is the Grown-Up at the Table
Stuck between Trump and Kim, the South Korean president is still showing the way forward.
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A truck carrying Islamic State fighters who surrendered to Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), as they are transported out of Baghouz in Syria's northern Deir Ezzor province on Feb. 20, 2019. ISIS Has Not Been Defeated. It’s Alive and Well in Southern Syria.
While Washington celebrates victory, the Islamic State is regrouping, and the Assad regime is letting it happen.
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U.S. President Donald Trump meets with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg at the White House on April 2. (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images) NATO Needs Solidarity for Its 70th Birthday
Trump should dial back the admonishment and offer allies the chance to unite over common purpose.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping shakes hands with former United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger at the Great Hall of the People on March 17, 2015 in Beijing, China. (Feng Li/Getty Images) 5 Very Important Things About the World Nobody Knows
The future will be determined by a handful of big questions that don’t yet have answers.
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A Long March 3B rocket lifts off from the Xichang launch centre iin China's southwestern Sichuan province early on December 8, 2018. (STR/AFP/Getty Images) Beijing’s Fight for the Final Frontier
U.S. commercial space efforts are being undercut by aggressive Chinese plans.
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A power cable is seen plugged into a Tesla Roadster after a news conference with California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger June 30, 2008 at Tesla Motors in San Carlos, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) China Is Building the Batteries of the Future
Tesla is the United States' only shot at critical new technology.
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Foreign Policy illustration The American Empire Is the Sick Man of the 21st Century
Failure at the center has left the United States up for sale to the highest bidder.
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Participants arrive to attend a two-day gathering of the Taliban and Afghan opposition representatives at the President Hotel in Moscow on Feb. 5. The Afghan Government Can’t Make Peace With the Taliban on Its Own
Negotiations involving a broad group that represents all of Afghanistan—not just its senior politicians—are the only way to achieve a lasting settlement.
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HP_rat_patrol_lead_Alberta_Canada How Alberta Won the Rat Race
One Canadian province has virtually eliminated its vermin—and shows how others can too.
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Rafi Eitan, who was a member of the Mossad team that captured Adolf Eichmann in Argentina in 1960, waves to photographers during an exhibition at the Knesset in Jerusalem on December 12, 2011, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the verdict against Eichmann, who was instrumental in the planning and execution the Holocaust. Remembering Israel’s Most Celebrated Spy
Rafi Eitan was no 007. He was far more cunning.
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In Istanbul's Sariyer district, people wave flags as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan makes a speech during a campaign rally on March 29. (Arif Hudaverdi Yaman/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) Our Best Weekend Reads
What’s at stake in Turkey’s local elections, and how the United States drives out Chinese talent.
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A boy points at cardboard cutouts depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin and presidential candidates Yulia Tymoshenko and Oleksandr Shevchenko during a protest in Kiev on March 29. (Sergei Supinsky/AFP/Getty Images) Ukraine’s Election Is a Mess—and That’s Exactly What Putin Wants
A chaotic campaign, feuding oligarchs, and Russian disinformation efforts have combined to shake public faith in the electoral process.
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A man carries a piece of the Lion Air flight JT 610 wreckage which is being moved to another location for further investigation at the Tanjung Priok port on November 2, 2018 in Jakarta, Indonesia.. (Photo by Ed Wray/Getty Images) Asia’s Airlines Are on Course for More Disasters
Cheap flights are pushing the limits of regulation .
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Hsue-Shen Tsien, left, confers with his lawyer, Grant B. Cooper, during his deportation hearing on Nov. 16, 1950. (Bettmann Archive/Getty Images) The Man Who Took China to Space
Hsue-Shen Tsien was driven out of the United States by political paranoia. Will the same happen to a new generation of Chinese talent?
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Art depicting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump is on display at local stores during their summit in Hanoi on Feb. 28. (Linh Pham/Getty Images) Trump and Kim Need to Go Small
Hanoi flopped because of unrealistic expectations.
