Tag: North America

Following his strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, U.S. President Donald Trump turned to social media to express his deep worries about oil prices, which had spiked by roughly 20 percent ...

Last week, California Gov. Gavin Newsom accused U.S. President Donald Trump of behaving like a dictator after he deployed federal troops to Los Angeles to quell protests against immigration raids. ...

Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Situation Report. June is flying by! It won’t be long before both of us head to The Hague for the NATO summit, which begins June ...

One reason Americans like their military so much is that they don’t have to fear it. George Washington established this precedent, demonstrating moderation and deference to the law in responding ...

In 1885, Europe’s colonial powers signed the General Act of Berlin, which formalized a plan to carve up Africa. That international agreement included the first reference to a “sphere of ...

On Oct. 5, 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered one of the most memorable foreign policy speeches in U.S. history. He hadn’t planned to use his time in Chicago to ...

Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s SitRep. Here’s what’s on tap for the day: Trump fires much of the National Security Council, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may be ready to ...

Since returning to office in January, President Donald Trump has pursued a series of head-spinning moves to reorient U.S. foreign policy, from initiating a global trade war to threatening long-standing ...

For weeks now, egged on by his South African-born mega-billionaire advisor Elon Musk, U.S. President Donald Trump has been ratcheting up a campaign to inflict damage on South Africa, a ...

As Elon Musk begins to step back from his work with the Trump administration, analysts are engaging in widespread debate over his time in government, asking: What was he trying ...