Cuban Refugees’ Special Treatment Is No More
President Donald Trump continues to pursue an aggressive deportation campaign that has brought federal officials into U.S. cities…
U.S. Foreign Policy Must Prioritize Human Rights
On the first day of the Trump administration’s war on Iran, a missile struck a girls’ elementary school…
Trump’s Anthropic Ban Doesn’t Add Up to an AI Policy
The U.S. decision last month to ban international access to Anthropic’s latest model exposed a growing gap between…
How America Made the Mafia – Foreign Policy
When Francis Ford Coppola accepted his contract to direct The Godfather, he insisted the film needed to exude…
How U.S. Guest Worker Programs Resemble Qatar’s Kafala System
Various forms of unfree labor have been a feature of U.S. society since the first tobacco plantations were…
FP Live: Rana Mitter on the Trump-Xi Meeting
“Beans and Boeings.” That’s what one diplomat told me that last week’s summit between U.S. President Donald Trump…
Court Nixes Trump’s Bid to Replay Nixon’s Section 122 Tariffs
U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs just cannot catch a break in court. Late Thursday, the U.S. Court of…
Why Trump Needs Canada
On July 1, Canada, Mexico, and the United States will hit the first real deadline in the review…
Colombia’s World-First Energy Transition and the Iran War
“When oil prices go up, we make a lot of money,” U.S. President Donald Trump wrote recently. The…
Trump’s Critical Minerals, Rare Earths Push Highlights U.S. Workforce, Education Gap
U.S. President Donald Trump wants to transform the United States into a mining power, but the country may…
Trump Says U.S. Strikes Venezuelan Dock Facility Used for Loading Drugs
Welcome back to World Brief: Holiday Edition. As a reminder, today’s newsletter will be an extended version, with…
Trump’s NSS Western Hemisphere Pivot Is Real
More than any of its predecessors since the first edition in 1987, the Trump administration’s new National Security…