February 3, 2009
Terrorism and CounterterrorismPresident Barack Obama’s attorney general, Eric H. Holder Jr., has criticized some of the Bush administration’s counter-terrorism moves, calling for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention center…
February 15, 2019
United StatesU.S. troops have been sent to the border with Mexico to supplement the work of Border Patrol agents amid debate over the merits of building a wall. Here are the facts.
February 15, 2019
International LawThe extradition process enables governments to bring fugitives abroad to justice, but it can be fraught with political tension, even when a treaty is in place.
February 7, 2019
International OrganizationsSince its founding in 1944, the World Bank has evolved from a lender focused on European reconstruction to the preeminent international institution for economic development and poverty reduction.
January 24, 2019
VenezuelaVenezuela’s descent into economic and political chaos in recent years is a cautionary tale of the dangerous influence that resource wealth can have on developing countries.
January 24, 2019
International OrganizationsThe Group of Seven serves as a forum for highly industrialized democracies to coordinate economic, security, and energy policy, but the Trump administration has provoked questions about the group’s c…
January 24, 2019
MexicoViolence continues to rage in Mexico more than a decade after former President Felipe Calderon launched a crackdown on drug cartels.
January 18, 2019
Oil and Petroleum ProductsWestern leaders have long criticized OPEC’s power to raise oil prices, but the bloc’s influence is on the wane as U.S. oil production has soared and alternative energies have come to the fore.
January 17, 2019
Public Health Threats and PandemicsOpioid addiction in the United States has reached epidemic proportions, threatening not only public health but economic output and national security.