The Super Bowl performer’s ties to a nascent independence movement are roiling Puerto Rican politics.
We’re about to lose our last nuclear arms control treaty with Russia. What does that mean?
He’s teaching some dangerous lessons to China and Russia.
This Iran war may not end as quickly as the last one.
Trump says “time is running out” for Iran’s regime to make a deal.
The Doomsday Clock is keeping time for a world that no longer exists.
Xi Jinping is eliminating the people who might be willing to say no to him.
It’s been more than eight years since the last nuclear explosion. How long will the pause last?
The president’s retreat, explained.
What Mark Carney said in Switzerland, briefly explained.
The Greenland crisis appears to be ending, but the trans-Atlantic relationship may never be the same.
Why the nation’s movies, video games, and toys went global in 2025.
A small but meaningful split among Republicans is emerging.
Satellites are our only insight into the ongoing conflict — and worth protecting.
The Islamic Republic’s current trajectory is unsustainable. But even authoritarian governments sometimes reform.
He’s far from the first president to face this kind of dilemma.
The massacres taking place in an internet blackout.
Is Trump really serious about Greenland?
Protests are sweeping the country. Trump is threatening its leaders. But is the regime really in trouble?
Europeans and Greenlanders are strongly opposed to an American land grab. But their options to stop it are limited.
Trump’s new approach to Latin America is a lot like America’s old one.
After Venezuela, how far could Trump really go?
On the ground in Venezuela after Trump’s attack.
“This is really about bringing Latin America, all of Latin America, to heel and bringing Trump allies to power.”
How critics of American interventionism fell for a myth.
The long, fascinating history of US entanglement with the Venezuelan industry.
Regime change, MAGA-style.
The US just attacked Venezuela. How did we get here?
Here’s how tensions escalated between the US and Venezuela before Saturday’s strikes.
The five biggest questions about a massive military buildup.
From the state of democracy to the chance of a recession, here’s what could happen in 2026.
The 25 forecasts we made in 2025, revisited.
The fixation on Greenland once looked eccentric. Now, it seems like the distillation of his whole foreign policy.
The global debt crisis works like your credit card — but much, much worse.
2025 was the year China showed it could go toe-to-toe with the US in an economic war.
A deadly weekend in Australia and Syria raises questions about the terror group’s future.
The antisemitic attack killed at least 15 people and injured dozens more.