GPF Team

The United States has always had a peculiar relationship with just about every country in the Western Hemisphere that isn’t Canada. The reasons for this go back as far as the Monroe Doctrine, of course, but the Cold War – and the associated coups and insurgencies etc. – left an indelible mark on the ways these countries interact with one another. After Jacob Shapiro and Cole Altom take a look at the week ahead, Allison Fedirka stops by to discuss why this is the case. Sign up here for free updates on topics like this.

Changes to China’s foreign affairs bureaucracy, aftermath of assassination attempt in Gaza, new protests in Iran

The crackdown on cocaine production has opened the door for groups outside of the country.

Mexico City, the seat of Mexico’s government, has a very basic problem: It has a lot of territory to govern and many physical obstacles between itself and much of that territory.

Local governments are also susceptible to the growing rot in the Chinese financial system.

More protests in Iran, reforms in Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia proposes atomic energy program