Americas

Venezuela’s return to democracy will depend more on what happens inside the country than outside.

The time for intervention is now.

It doesn’t make sense for the leading international organization to be in New York anymore.

Mounting evidence suggests Biden kept pro-Bolsonaro generals from executing a coup.

Indifference to Palestinian suffering in Gaza is alienating moderates across the Islamic world and tarnishing the appeal of liberal democratic values.

The Iraq War highlighted its risks. Russia’s war in Ukraine showcased its opportunities.

Three books explore the failures of regulators—and sometimes journalists.

Dale C. Copeland’s new history of commerce is magisterial—and prescient.

While calls for conditional aid are widespread, Biden may be overlooking a highly effective diplomatic tool.

A new report debunks common narratives about the region’s stagnation.

Authoritarian elites often botch undemocratic transitions. Choosing to return Trump to office would be an own-goal of historic proportions.

A revised doctrine offers little hope for change.

Washington’s handling of the Israel-Palestine conflict appears to be hurting the president’s credibility among African Americans.

The fund’s No. 2 official on the United States, China, and Russia’s “squarely positive growth.”

The Argentine president’s rhetoric is bizarre—but so far, his policies aren’t.

The dam holding back chaos in U.S. foreign policy is cracking.

The strange economic history of this year’s Super Bowl site.

Ukraine, the Middle East, and Taiwan are part of an unstable frontier—and require a more principled U.S. strategy.

After more than a decade at Apple, Doug Beck is in charge of making sure the Pentagon doesn’t lose a tech race with China. 

Companies first need to do a better job of demonstrating the technology’s societal benefits.

A close look at several ruts that American policymakers are currently stuck in.

Growing economic integration with Latin America could help the United States avoid the fate of an aging China.

The White House is developing plans for the Middle East that are too ambitious for its own good.

The newly reelected strongman Salvadoran president has inspired imitators elsewhere in Latin America.

“If you don’t want another Pearl Harbor, you better listen to us,” cautioned one Lithuanian politician.

How the world is future-proofing (and China-proofing) its semiconductor supply chains.

Beijing’s long game would be much better served by the candidate’s policies and the divisions he would unleash.

Two years in, IR experts are divided on whether the U.S. response to Russia’s war will deter a Chinese invasion.

U.S. opponents are working to worsen polarization.

Three years on, the administration’s policy has bright spots—but still lacks a clear strategy for the region.

Risk signals for a conflict are flashing red.

The U.S.-South Korea alliance perfectly illustrates the limits of independent action in an unstable world.

The U.S. hit more than 85 targets in Iraq and Syria—but not Iran itself.

Concerned neighbors are trying new tactics to support a free and fair vote. Will it be enough?

It’s unclear whether Washington’s threats will change Tehran’s calculus.

A Heritage Foundation report offers a roadmap of sweeping changes.

The regulatory about-face has raised questions about the long-term future of the world’s newest energy powerhouse.

Ankara finally ratified Stockholm’s NATO accession, but it must still find a democratic resolution to the Kurdish question.

Beijing has long sought to gain a free hand by untangling its economy from the West.

The continent must bolster its own defense capabilities before an isolationist ringleader returns to the White House.

Accurate counting has produced a seemingly dire death rate.

The unprecedented move could offer a tidy way to make Moscow pay for Ukraine’s reconstruction.

What Washington should do when its opponents prove more determined to get their way.

Many countries are spurning Israel. But the region’s Middle East stance has always been nuanced.

Will it reshape cross-strait relations?

Safety issues plague the company, but the world needs more planes.

Brazil has a history of state economic intervention that underdelivers. Will this time be different?

In lifting tough sanctions on Maduro, Biden will test whether sanctions can work as a diplomatic tool.

Netanyahu needs to scale back war aims and compromise on core issues.

U.S. investors are suing Honduras over special economic zones, and the dispute could bankrupt the country.

A major U.S. diplomatic push is unlikely this year.

The Islamic State has regained its momentum, and the Biden administration might inadvertently give it another boost.

Beijing has long used its backyard as a testing ground for foreign influence operations.

Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi on U.S. involvement in conflicts abroad: “We have to be equipped.”

The United States has expanded its security commitments around the world—and the bill is coming due.

The world’s fears are mostly exaggerated.

Mars fantasists still cling to dreams of the Old West.

Washington’s approach appears to be failing—but a military focus on Iran may not resolve the fundamental problems in the region.

But efforts to obstruct the anti-corruption activist-turned-president will continue.

Critics cite national security, but political concerns might be the real issue.

After years of war with the Houthis, Riyadh is seeking to ensure its security above all else—but peace talks are precarious, and the plan could backfire.

Climate extremes are wreaking havoc on global shipping.

Experts weigh in on what he will do to Argentine democracy.

The decision to bomb the Houthis was likely the administration’s least bad path.

New President Daniel Noboa has broad public support as he confronts a daunting challenge.

The U.S. and China are courting Hanoi. But the country is trying to chart its own path.

The U.S. hopes to revive the Saudi option, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is an obstacle.

There’s no magic fix for Democrats at the ballot box.

Ex-spy Valerie Plame on the “secret history” of women in the agency.

How upcoming elections in key countries could change geopolitics.

NAFTA and USMCA have dramatically reshaped Mexico.

A sober assessment is needed in a bleak time.

Beijing has gone “all in” on electric cars—rattling Washington and Brussels.

The U.S. president’s challenges this year won’t stop at the waterfront.

It’s not just one war or two. How do you fight three at once?

By abandoning the EU-Mercosur deal, both continents missed a historic opportunity to adapt to a more unstable world.

Post-9/11 security justifications are being used to pass new Chinese Exclusion Acts.

Potential effects on the U.S. commitment to multilateralism, climate change, Taiwan, and more.

Depleted tech platforms, AI-enabled misinformation, and more than 50 countries voting in 2024. What could go wrong?

Identity politics has always influenced elections. In 2024, it will pose a serious threat to liberalism—and to democracy itself.

Dozens of countries will vote this year. In many of them, democracy is at a tipping point.

These are the international disputes that are currently flying under the radar but could emerge as major flash points in the coming year.

Our columnists share the most important developments on their radar in the year ahead.

FP Live’s annual series looking ahead to the next 12 months.

More leaders are pursuing their ends militarily. More believe they can get away with it.

The ghosts of past futurism give pause to predictions of digital change.

The U.S. president’s foreign-policy strategy came undone in 2023.

Readers spent time on coverage of Russia’s war in Ukraine in its second year, along with pieces on U.S. foreign policy and the global order.

Postgame analysis of 2023’s great inflation debate.

In 2024, Lula hopes to coax the grouping toward global financial reform.

The year’s best episodes of the podcast about how economics permeates everything.

As the world threatens to breach a critical global warming threshold, cooperation still seems to fall short.

From the war in Ukraine to Sudan’s implosion, FP’s reporters were on the case.

Examining some of the political figures who changed our world in 2023.

Five big-think articles from 2023 that cut through the news.

Stephen Walt explains why countries are accusing America of hypocrisy.

States are increasingly focused on security and the age-old diplomatic instruments to achieve it.

The legacies of departed leaders from Pervez Musharraf to Henry Kissinger still shape world politics.

From a small crisis with Taiwan to growing youth disillusionment, here’s what China likely faces next year.

How a pre-mortem analysis could limit potential failures in Gaza.