By competing individually for Trump’s favor, African states are sacrificing their collective leverage precisely when it matters most.
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If the U.S. is no longer as benign an actor as was previously believed, it might be time for its allies to consider balancing behavior.
Sharaa has successfully isolated Syria’s Kurds, who are now set to lose their autonomy and much of their ability to defend themselves.
The Canadian premier’s remarks falsely assume that U.S. buy-in is required to uphold the existing world order.
One year into Donald Trump’s presidency, foreign nations are increasingly skittish about their dependence on U.S. tech companies.
The trade war that started last week between Ecuador and Colombia demonstrates how Trump’s confrontational style is bleeding over into regional relations.
Given Trump’s desire to emulate his 19th-century predecessors, it shouldn’t surprise us that he is embracing imperial practices.
Trump has taken the U.N. Security Council’s authorization to rebuild Gaza and refashioned it into the authority to oversee the world.
America’s ability to use the European continent so freely is a unique military asset that would be painful to lose.
The latest U.S. effort to pull advanced technology supply chains away from China does nothing to address the root of the problem.
Mark Carney’s visit to Beijing is a harbinger of long-term changes in U.S. relations with its liberal democratic allies around the world.
International organizations only matter to the Trump administration to the extent that they advance U.S. interests, as Trump defines them.
The clash of the two Gulf states has major implications for the Middle East. But it also affects East Africa and important U.S. interests.
The AI conversation is shifting from risk to opportunity, at a moment when the global AI governance gap is widening.
In claiming its attack on Venezuela was a law enforcement operation, the Trump administration actually raised the bar on harms to civilians.
Costa Rica, Peru and Colombia are examples of a regional trend of voter distrust in traditional political parties and elites.
The U.S. attack on Venezuela is consistent with how an America First foreign policy was understood when it was first introduced in 1940.