Americas

Historian Rana Mitter on the new balance of power between Washington and Beijing.

A lot of things have gone horribly wrong—and it’s not over yet.

Rivalry with Beijing is inevitable. Economic rupture would be disastrous.

Ronald Reagan honed his right-wing conservatism in the Golden State.

A sweeping legal history reveals how the international community failed to live up to the promises of Nuremberg.

A more confident China is happy to downplay presidential visits.

As wages in the country slump, so do the libertarian leader’s ratings.

Most worrisome are the terrorist threats missing from the document.

A tale of two readouts.

Elites in both China and the U.S. are too easily tempted to buy into their own myths.

Beijing can’t easily afford to escalate any economic struggle with Washington.

A half-century of messy politics has inverted the Constitution’s design—and there’s no easy fix.

The U.S. president heads to Beijing in detente and dealmaking mode.

The leaders are expected to talk trade, Taiwan, and the Iran war.

For all of the U.S. leader’s efforts, Washington remains deeply vulnerable.

Uneven wealth distribution in the United States has political—and global—implications.

The secretary of state may face an uphill battle during his visit to New Delhi this month.

Back then, political will existed to meet tragedy with law.

The Hormuz crisis is hitting diesel even harder than crude.

Without clear definitions, governance is impossible.

It’s time to rethink top-down attempts at environmental progress.

An expert in diplomatic gift-giving describes the use and abuse of official presents.

Courts keep taking a skeptical view of the executive branch’s overreach.

U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran have led regular people to rally around the flag—for now.

Two goals have been in tension in U.S. policy for nearly half a century.

BYD’s landmark sales fuel debate over working conditions and the country’s relationship with China.

The White House ignores the threat of far-right groups.

Cutting-edge U.S. models are too expensive for much of the world.

Ahead of the Trump-Xi summit, Beijing is pushing back on Washington.

U.S. guarantees have not shielded Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam from economic shock.

By pulling Seoul into its rivalry with Beijing, Washington is undermining the alliance’s core mission.

There is a way out of this mess—but not right away.

Fears of Chinese and U.S. trade retaliation have spawned deals that exclude both powers.

Ukraine and its partners are holding their breath to see what’s next for Patriot air defense missile deliveries.

The so-called Tower fiasco took place in a very different Washington to today.

Collective action by lesser powers will not shape the global order.

The United States has given up on one of its core international strengths.

Kevin Warsh will face intense pressure to cut interest rates.

Even the most entertaining tale carries a political message.

Plus, more international fiction releases in May.

He hoped it would be transformational; instead, it’s just one more round in the conflict.

The country is trying to push for a green transition despite gridlock at U.N. climate talks.

The Section 301 case outlined by U.S. trade officials is neither coherent nor defensible.

Congressional Democrats fought with the U.S. defense secretary over the war and military spending in a rare public hearing.

Deals are being canceled as stockpiles run short.

Pretoria stakes high hopes on its controversial pick for ambassador to Washington.

Gita Gopinath on how countries can make themselves more resilient.

In a world of disorder, the bloc’s boring stability is suddenly attractive.

Washington has no good options for evacuating Americans in a crisis.

The British monarch praises multilateral institutions in a pointed message to the Trump administration.

Chile's president José Antonio Kast is following the regressive examples set elsewhere in the region.

Republicans are declining to use their power of the purse.

MAGA is not necessarily the same thing as America First.

Why the United States can no longer guarantee freedom of navigation—and why it doesn’t need to.

The real test for the Trump-Xi meeting will come afterwards.

The 70-year history of oil transit crises suggests engineering will prove more effective than diplomacy.

A delusional U.S. president is helping thin the line between fiction and reality.

Despite more colorful medieval precedents, Pope Leo’s clash with Trump reflects the Vatican’s postwar peace advocacy.

From Europe to Asia, governments are hedging against unreliable and erratic U.S. power.

The next secretary-general is likely to hail from the region.

Pressure will increase on congressional Republicans to vote to end the war if it surpasses the legal time limit.

The U.S. and Iran have gone from lobbing missiles to inflicting pocketbook pain.

It is hard to imagine the grouping enduring another two and a half years of Trump.

Reversing vaccine mandates is a disaster for military readiness.

For foreign audiences, the dysfunctional nature of U.S. politics matters more than the country’s leader.

The truce is hanging by a thread despite Trump’s extension.

As U.S.-Iran talks falter, the political and economic risks are rising for Islamabad.

The selection process for António Guterres’s successor begins with a grilling for four contenders.

I’ve never seen a negotiation that’s quite like this one.

The Iran war exposes the limits of zero-sum thinking about great powers.

Key knowledge gaps make it hard to assess how the war will end.

The State Department has launched a throwback recruitment campaign following layoffs and changes to diversity policies.

Anthropic’s latest AI model has kick-started a new debate. 

The consequences will be felt long after the fighting ends.

Trump needs Ottawa more than he’ll say.

Rather than climate, disease, or artificial intelligence, the next secretary-general should stay focused on conflict resolution.

Beijing’s response to Washington’s chaos is not triumphalism but a patient campaign to win the future.

Years of investment made certain provinces resilient to aid cuts, but replicating that system is another story.

President Trump could come to represent the restrained, reasonable wing of the GOP.

Our fixation with defining the emerging global order hides the true complexity of our neo-medieval moment.

Why exports of illegally sourced gold are gaining on drugs in funding the continent’s illicit economy.

The Russian president’s back is to the wall. That makes him more dangerous.

The U.S. president is picking fights in every direction, alienating key supporters and allies.

The country has had nine presidents in the last decade. Who will be next?

Trump’s party is still providing cover on unauthorized war despite growing signs of misgivings.

In the war’s aftermath, key details about the regime remain opaque. 

A first round of U.S.-Iran talks didn’t lead to a deal, but Islamabad wants to stay at the table.

Beijing’s relative quiet amid the Strait of Hormuz crisis underscores a domestic shift.

Stephen M. Walt’s prescription for anxious countries.

The U.S. president’s half-baked approach to dealmaking may be a recipe for more war.

How to rewrite the global economic framework for a progressive multilateralism.

The hostage crisis dominated headlines—and left a lasting impression on Donald Trump.

The president is betting economic pressure can do what bombs couldn’t.

If warfighters don’t trust the technology, they won’t use it.

The opposition’s stunning victory offers lessons for U.S. Democrats—and a warning for Trump’s allies.

Witkoff and Kushner are merely the tip of the iceberg.

The U.S. war with Iran has shattered their economic model.

How longtime Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s economic record could shape Sunday’s election.

As Islamabad hosts peace talks, it’s also balancing a security pact with Riyadh.

Why personality now trumps policy in global politics.