Americas’ Global Role

The US has international interests and a global ability to project power and influence. Here we examine the ramifications of those factors.

The US, Canada and Europe share crucial security, economic and diplomatic ties. Here we analyze how those ties are changing and the factors influencing change.

We assess the impact of the US political economy on the international institutions that govern the global economy and broader changes in international economic affairs. 

The United States will hold a pivotal set of elections in 2020. We consider the dynamics of the race and impacts for the future of US policy.

America's global engagement is shaped by its domestic politics. We study changes inside the US and their impact on US global influence.

The region's role in global issues, and how those issues affect political, economic and diplomatic developments in the hemisphere, including in US hemispheric relations. 

The policy responses taken by the United States and also countries across the Americas in response to the developing COVID-19 pandemic will have global significance as well as national and local consequences. Here we bring together research on key developments and their broader implications for international relations, especially global trade and international institutions, as well as political and economic developments across the Americas.