Americas
North and South American security, political instability, defense policy, and regional conflict dynamics.
60 Dispatches
America Enters Ecuador's Drug War: Joint Strikes, a Border Crisis, and the Civilians in Between
U.S. and Ecuadorian forces launched joint strikes against drug-trafficking gangs in March 2026, opening a new phase in a war that has made Ecuador one of Earth's deadliest nations.
America Wants Regime Change in Cuba: Inside the Blockade Squeezing Havana
A US energy blockade has plunged Cuba into nationwide blackouts as Washington pushes to topple Miguel Diaz-Canel after Venezuela and Iran.
Could Canada Become Europe's Arsenal? The Case for a New Trans-Atlantic Defense Pact
Europe needs weapons it can't build fast enough, and Canada has idle industrial capacity. Inside the case for Canada becoming Europe's defense arsenal.
Conflicts to Watch in 2026: The World's Flashpoints Go Hot
A region-by-region forecast of 2026's most dangerous flashpoints, from Venezuela and Ecuador to Syria, the Horn of Africa, Sudan, Ukraine, and Taiwan.
Cuba at Zero Day: How a Fuel Collapse Became Washington's Next Regime-Change Gamble
Cuba has run out of fuel as the US tightens a post-Maduro squeeze, indicts Raúl Castro, and courts his grandson for a negotiated transition.
Cuba Is Next: Inside Washington's Pressure Campaign to Topple Havana
How a US fuel blockade, financial strangulation, and backchannel talks aim to force regime change in Cuba without firing a shot.
The 21st Century's Deadliest Conflicts, Ranked by Death Toll
A continent-by-continent accounting of the 21st century's deadliest wars, ranked by direct death toll—from the Second Congo War to Ethiopia's Tigray War.
Haiti Between Anarchy and Autocracy: A Crisis That Keeps Getting Worse
Haiti's transitional council collapsed and an unelected, US-backed prime minister now stands alone, as a UN force prepares to deploy into gang-held streets.
The Crisis in Haiti, Explained: How Gangs Captured a Nation
How armed gangs seized 90% of Port-au-Prince, why the Haitian state collapsed, and what it would take to pull the nation back from the brink.
The Invisible Purges in Venezuela: How Delcy Rodriguez Remade a Regime
After Maduro's capture, Vice President Delcy Rodriguez has quietly purged his loyalists and remade Venezuela under Washington's watch — but at democracy's expense.
Joe Biden's Foreign Policy Legacy: The Tarnished Record of America's 46th President
A region-by-region assessment of Joe Biden's foreign policy, from the Afghanistan withdrawal and Ukraine to the Middle East, China, Haiti, and Africa.
Juno Beach: How Canada Stormed the Shores of Normandy on D-Day
The often-overlooked Canadian assault on Juno Beach on 6 June 1944, from the Dalton brothers and a lone gunman at Courseulles to the bloody fight for Bernières.