Tag: North America

In Western markets, large SUV and pickup truck sales have hit new highs. “f SUVs were a country, they would be the world’s fifth-largest emitter of CO2,” Patrick Schröder wrote ...

In June, Mexico’s ruling Morena party celebrated the most demonstrative political win in the country in more than 30 years. Morena’s Claudia Sheinbaum, the preferred successor of current President Andrés ...

As the U.S. presidential campaign barrels toward its big, traditional fall push, both contestants have found ways to emphasize the centrality of Washington’s competition with Beijing to the country’s future. ...

The fans who’d gathered at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, to watch the 2015 NBA draft were beside themselves. With the fourth pick in the draft’s first round, ...

Much like the modern-day phrase “sorry but not sorry,” which is used sarcastically to indicate a lack of remorse, the brief ceremony at Virginia’s Appomattox Court House in April 1865, ...

Since U.S. President Joe Biden’s dismal debate performance against former President Donald Trump two weeks ago, mainstream U.S. media has been consumed by an unprecedented wave of coverage centered on ...

Benjamin Franklin was America’s first diplomat and undoubtedly its best. Yes, there have been other stalwarts, such as George Kennan and Richard Holbrooke (a former editor of this magazine). But ...

Since Chinese President Xi Jinping removed presidential term limits in 2018, foreign commentators have warned of the perils that would sooner or later come about due to something they have ...

Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Latin America Brief. The highlights this week: A new report paints a worrisome picture of public trust in the region’s media, rival naval delegations avoid confrontation in ...

The proverbial tinfoil hat was once associated with the American left, but a lot can change in 50 years. Should you find yourself at a barbecue this summer cornered by ...