Billion-dollar disasters such as Hurricane Ian are on the rise in the United States. Officials should take swift action to reduce the damage and protect Americans.

Climate change is fueling geopolitical competition in the Arctic. An independent Greenland could play an important role in years to come.

Cuba’s authoritarian regime has failed to avert an economic crisis, repair decaying state institutions, and prevent the country’s largest outflow of migrants since the 1960s.

Congo’s elections on December 20 are unlikely to deliver meaningful change to address massive insecurity in the east, corruption scandals, and persistent poverty.

The murder of Haiti’s embattled president stands to deepen the country’s political, economic, and humanitarian crisis.