Americas

February 10, 2021 | Cleo Paskal |

How the Pacific Islands Forum Fell Apart

The decision by Micronesian countries to leave the PIF will have major strategic implications.

November 9, 2020 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Is Iran Sending Weapons to Venezuela? And How Is the U.S. Responding?

An Iranian cargo plane gets stranded in Senegal on its way to Caracas.

October 28, 2020 | Thomas Joscelyn |

The Emerging Sino-Russian Alliance

How the 'great powers' are reconfiguring their partnerships for a new era. Plus, why it matters that al-Qaeda’s media chief was killed in Taliban country.

October 1, 2020 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Two More Reasons to Worry About China

Keep an eye on China’s relationship with Cuba, for starters.

April 8, 2020 | Clifford D. May |

A world gone viral

Pathogens still have the power to change the course of history

February 12, 2020 | Clifford D. May |

The return of the Monroe Doctrine

Sanders aside, Trump finds bipartisan support for a pro-U.S. Venezuelan leader

December 3, 2019 | Clifford D. May |

Did you have a horrible Thanksgiving?

The blame-America-first crowd always does, and insists you should, too

December 13, 2018 | Emanuele Ottolenghi, Jose Luis Stein

Trump Should Cut Hezbollah’s Lifeline in the Americas

A crackdown is long overdue.

June 29, 2018 | Tzvi Kahn |

The U.S. Should Sanction Iran’s Minister of Intelligence and Security

On January 1, 24-year-old Saru Ghahremani attended one of Iran’s nationwide protests and vanished. Eleven days later, agents of Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS)&nbs...

December 11, 2017 | Mark Dubowitz, Toby Dershowitz

Iranian Terror. Argentinian Cover Up. Justice at Last?

One morning last week, Argentines woke up to a political earthquake: A judge...

October 11, 2017 | Yaya J. Fanusie |

Hit Hezbollah in the Wallet

This week marks the twentieth anniversary of the U.S. designation of Hezbollah as a foreign terrorist o...

August 8, 2017 | |

How North Korea Cheats Sanctions

In July 2013, U.S. law-enforcement was tipped off about a North Korean vessel that was making its first visit to the Americas in four years. Authorities were told the Chong Chon Gang, which was s...

July 18, 2017 |

Managing Terrorism Financing Risk in Remittances and Money Transfers

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March 30, 2016 | Clifford D. May

Our Man in Havana

“I have come here to bury the last remnant of the Cold War in the Americas.” That was Barack Obama’s “historic” announcement in Cuba last week. But was it true? What...

October 7, 2015 | Clifford D. May |

Argentine Murder Mystery

When heads of state gather, as they did for the United Nations General Assembly last week, you have a choice: Tune out or prepare to be bathed in blather, boilerplate and blatant lies. That said,...

February 4, 2015 | Clifford D. May |

Blaming the Victims

There are victims and then there are victims. Too often, I think, we worry about the wrong ones. Start with some of the most powerful politicians of Argentina. They are feeling sorely ag...

December 3, 2014 | Clifford D. May |

The Neo-Ottoman

Turkey should have been part of the solution. Instead it’s become part of the problem. The problem, of course, is the spread of jihadism throughout the Middle East, North Africa and beyond....

April 2, 2014 | Clifford D. May |

How the U.S. Put Latin America Up for Grabs

TAMARINDO, COSTA RICA – I’m not about to pretend that spending a few days in this rather funky little surfing village on the Pacific has given me great insights into Latin America&rsq...

May 28, 2013 | Jonathan Schanzer |

In Iran, Two Bombing Suspects Run for President

After disqualifying a number of presidential candidates from the June 14 elections, Iran's Guardian Council has pared the list down to eight. Remarkably, two of the remaining candidates --...

March 19, 2013 |

Why the Falklands Matter

We should stand up for the United Kingdom in its just claims against Argentina