How the United States Learned to Rule Without Annexation The sound is not unfamiliar.

It is the scrape of a pen across paper in a room where the outcome has already been decided.

How a name can substitute for accountability The first thing people noticed in Caracas wasn’t the helicopters.

It was the pause.

The speech that quietly changed the conversation At Davos last week, Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, did something most leaders carefully avoid.

He told a room full of presidents, finance ministers, central bankers, and chief…

What the Hell Happened Yesterday in a Little Swiss Ski Village Once a year, in a small Swiss town better known for ski lifts than for statesmen, the world’s most influential people gather to rehearse the idea that history can still be…

The first sign rarely looks cinematic.

It looks like a map that refuses to behave.

What Happens When the Monroe Doctrine Meets the Global Supply Chain Donald Trump’s plan to take Greenland rests on an idea that should have been retired along with sailcloth and powdered wigs.¹ The Monroe Doctrine —now casually revived in…