A close-up examination of whether the US is becoming a banana republic.

Four lessons for the new U.S. president from Putin’s Russia.

Reflections on the present-day challenges for the United States, the self-appointed beacon of “democracy.”

U.S. journalists may balk at the Trump White House calling them the opposition, but that’s their proper role.

Brazil’s hydroelectric plans threaten its Paris climate commitments.

The Phillipines’ new President, not Russia’s Putin, is the international leader closest to Trump’s heart and mind.

What the Trump Administration is likely to do instead to get the immigration outcomes it wants.

Hispanic unemployment and illegal immigration levels from Mexico are both relatively low at the start of the Trump Administration.

How ordinary Irish people think Brexit will affect the Republic of Ireland.

Following the U.S. withdrawal from the TPP, the Asia-Pacific region faces a lot of internal divisions over trade strategies.