Americas

The White House has usurped the power to make foreign treaties and keeps their texts secret.

Day 1 of the gathering’s high-level week was dominated by discussion of a two-state solution.

As 150 leaders gather in New York, the serious diplomacy will happen on the sidelines.

A guide to pushing the U.S. president more quickly up his learning curve.

The Trump administration’s manipulation of statistics is exporting uncertainty into the international system.

Adam Schiff and Tim Kaine have introduced a resolution to block such actions.

The island’s de facto ambassador to Washington on Trump, China, defense spending, and more.

A discussion with Adam Tooze about his essay on the end of development.

How an alliance between Black American women and Japanese delegates paved the way for modern human rights.

The world’s top cocaine producer takes the lead on reforming international drug policy.

Trump (probably) won’t leave the international body—he will just continue to make its life difficult.

Trump added Bogotá to an anti-drug blacklist but stopped short of cutting aid.

Mutual dependence is a rare source of stability in U.S.-China relations.

Trump will be the elephant in the room.

ICE is deporting asylum seekers into the arms of Putin’s secret police.

Political killings, at home and abroad, went from common to rare—and back.

The U.S. president is promoting iron-fisted rule throughout the Western Hemisphere.

He had followers in countries where majority groups feel insecure.

The dollar isn’t getting dethroned—yet—by outside rivals, but Trump may be doing their work for them.

The U.S. has entered a dangerous new era, experts warn.

“American interests in the region are also at stake.”

Can the latest round of negotiations find a deal that sticks?

Online nihilism is spilling over into real-world violence.

Aid critics ignore competing policy goals and structural trade-offs between control and flexibility.

U.S. President John F. Kennedy sought to ensure that no American child would suffer from polio.

And it cannot be revived by China, Europe, post-Trump America, or the global south.

A new documentary about the time a small band of misguided Americans attempted to overthrow the Venezuelan government.

Labour cronyism produced Mandelson’s disastrous appointment.

Can the country’s democracy heal from the Bolsonaro era while resisting U.S. intimidation?

The United States can’t build the powerful technologies on its own.

A former CIA analyst-turned-senator thinks the Democratic Party needs a new vision focused on the economy.

The ruling is a watershed moment in Brazilian history—and one that could further upend relations with the United States.

The Israeli military has now bombed several countries in addition to its assault on Gaza.

But the United States is catching up, with new weapons set to come online soon.

Trump’s execution of drug smugglers by drone is barbaric even by 19th-century legal standards.

So far.

The inventor of the sanctions paradox stress-tests it 25 years on.

Years of neglected oversight have led to unrestrained presidential authority.

The Russian economy may be wobbly, but it is still funding a deadly war with oil and gas sales.

The collateral damage from the ICE raid on a Hyundai plant is yet another example of Trump’s counterproductive strategy.

Washington has long existed in a constitutional gray zone unlike those of other comparable democracies.

The killing of 11 people went beyond any strike in the war on terror.

Democrats should fight back against the president’s militarization of law enforcement before it’s too late.

Investors have drained the global south in pursuit of aggressive profit maximization.

Once dismissed from the field he helped found, Albert O. Hirschman feels newly relevant.

The West’s aid model was always a mirage. It’s time for a realistic alternative.

The origins of tennis still shape the sport—including how much players earn at the major tournaments.

The Cold War was tragic, comic, and epic—and it’s still playing out today.

From a North American nail salon to a Korean institute for haunted objects.

Labor strife, climate shocks, and Chiquita’s uneasy return mark a new chapter for Panama’s banana industry.

The president’s chaotic agenda is making business even harder for one of his key voter bases.

The U.S. military adds bombing alleged drug traffickers to its ever-growing list of duties.

Venezuela’s frayed ties with old allies have left it isolated in responding to U.S. force.

Despite President Donald Trump’s claims that Washington is no longer funding the war, the reality is more complex.

The Trump administration is reprioritizing security in the Western Hemisphere.

The sinking of a small boat the U.S. president said was carrying drugs violated traditional procedures.

The Indian leader’s visit to China caps a nearly year-long effort to ease bilateral tensions.

How New Delhi is navigating U.S. tariffs and a shifting geopolitical reality.

The Trump administration’s Latin America policy is more hawkish than many realize.

Trump's economic program has damaged many weaker economies and makes even less sense for the United States.

Elsewhere in the Caribbean, homicide rates are going up—and U.S. intervention isn’t helping.

Political anxieties have piled up and put an end to an era of public optimism.

What happened in Geneva this month bodes ill for future global environmental agreements.

Critics warned the president was making a dangerous power grab with fascist echoes.

Analysts weigh in on the future of the continent’s security.

The independence of the agency that sets monetary policy is under threat.

A veteran practitioner’s 12 tips to land that first job.

Emma Ashford on how Washington should navigate a “post-unipolar” world.

As Washington turns its back on wind and solar, Beijing is racing ahead.

A meeting of rainforest countries offers a preview of COP30.

Is Trump hurting military readiness?

Soldiers are a poor tool for remaking societies.

Former Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on the 12-day war, Western sanctions, and a pathway to nuclear talks.

So why aren’t the president’s latest economic moves generating more alarm?

The U.S. government’s 10 percent stake in the chipmaker has broader implications. 

The duties are ostensibly aimed at Moscow, but they hit New Delhi hardest.

As a 50 percent total tariff kicks in, a former Indian diplomat says there’s still time for dialogue.

How George W. Bush’s response swept away compassionate conservatism.

Beijing’s influence efforts can be surprisingly small-scale.

Central banks are independent for a reason.

It’s time for Washington to shift from patron to partner.

The Trump administration is throwing away a chance to end HIV worldwide.

A new book argues that the world’s two biggest economies need a bit more of each other’s cultures.

Washington needs to move quickly if it hopes to compete in this critical industry.

Essays and insider accounts on the secret history of the agency.

Dollar dominance is here to stay, if the United States can keep it.

There is danger lurking just beneath the water, and many Americans are still searching for their Chief Brody.

There has rarely been a safer window for the transition of security on the continent away from America.

New Delhi is making a bad bet on Beijing as its relationship with Washington sours.

After two decades as a bastion of the left, the country is taking a right turn.

China and the U.S. are competing for influence in the troubled region.

The U.S. president says it’s six (or maybe seven), but reality is a bit murkier.

Taipei needs to spend more on defense and invest more in the U.S.

By conflating corporate trade with national policy, the White House is undermining the U.S.-India relationship.

Trump should use terrorist designations to target U.S. suppliers.

Trump’s 50 percent tariffs don’t need to burn the bridge.

Roughly three dozen world leaders gathered virtually to discuss a path to ending the Russia-Ukraine war. 

After a flurry of diplomacy, what was actually agreed to?

Despite Trump’s efforts, negotiation will only come when both parties believe their interests are better served by talking than fighting.

Even when he’s partly right, he’s wrong.