Sabotaging Truth: Russia and China’s attempt to control Latin America
As global tensions rise around the world, Latin America is becoming an area of increasing interest to the adversaries of the United States. A...
Dark Lessons of Prewar Protectionism: From Tariff Wars to Global Fragmentation
With its misguided tariff wars, the second Trump administration is not only fragmenting seven decades of globalization. It is also contributing to a kind...
The Very High Cost of Getting Brazil to Help in a China-Taiwan War
Authors: Felipe Salles and Dr. Julian Spencer-Churchill
U.S. President Donald Trump’s interference in Brazil’s domestic politics, by pressuring its judiciary with travel restrictions and 50%...
Trump and Putin in Alaska: A Summit Steeped in History, Energy and Strategy
With U.S.–Russia relations strained by the war in Ukraine and ongoing sanctions, and a global energy market still shaped by both nations’ oil and...
Trump, Peacemaker or Dealmaker? Alaska Will Tell
For all the controversy that trails him, Donald Trump has a record of inserting himself into geopolitical standoffs and sometimes lowering the temperature. During...
Trump Plays Golf and Tries Peace Making
It might be a little difficult for the hoi polloi, mere mortals, to comprehend a man flying across the Atlantic Ocean to spend four days...
El Salvador’s Bukele on Path to Perpetual Power, Say Critics
By Emily Green
There was no shortage of warning signs that El Salvador President Nayib Bukele would attempt to stay in power indefinitely, his critics...
Behind the Forums: How China Wields Power in Latin America and the Caribbean
As the geopolitical influence of the United States contracts under successive waves of nationalist retrenchment, China has strategically advanced into Latin America and the...
Trump’s Tariff Strategy of “SUV Diplomacy” and the Symbol of American Industrial Power
In July 2025, the Trump administration announced a series of bilateral tariff agreements. With Japan: The US reduced tariffs on Japanese cars from 27.5%...
Trump’s Tariffs are harming global prosperity: Trade Liberalization is the cure
Trump’s tariffs pose serious economic challenges to the United States and its western trading partners. In response to America’s tariffs, western countries should liberalize...