Tag: North America

Fifty years ago on Wednesday, North Vietnamese forces took Saigon’s presidential palace, marking the end of the Vietnam War—a two-decade-long conflict that shaped the second half of the 20th century. ...

Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Situation Report. John is extremely excited that Liverpool FC is one point away from securing the Premier League title. Rishi, however, is not. But in ...

Traditionally, secretaries of state have played a role of great prominence in U.S. administrations. Although they are only fourth in the presidential order of succession, these officials often outshine vice ...

Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Latin America Brief. The highlights this week: Countries convene in Honduras for a regional summit, the Dominican Republic mourns after a disaster at a nightclub, ...

Not long after China’s leader, Xi Jinping, rose to power in 2012, close observers grew puzzled at how readily he squandered many of the advantages that the country had accumulated ...

Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Latin America Brief. The highlights this week: The region reacts to new U.S. tariffs, Chile’s president makes a state visit to India, and a key ...

Many Latin American officials watched U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff announcement on Wednesday with bewilderment. Trump plans to hit all countries with baseline 10 percent duties, but around 60 trade ...

What would a force hostile to the United States—a nation whose power has been the envy of the world for more than seven decades—do if it were able to set ...

Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Latin America Brief. The highlights this week: Some migration flows shift south as the U.S.-Mexico border hardens, Cuba finalizes a Vatican-mediated prisoner release, and a ...

After less than two months in power, U.S. President Donald Trump has delivered a shock to the United States and the world so profound that even calling it that risks ...