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Despite progress on peace between Colombia's state and ex-FARC guerrillas, alleged murders of social leaders are rising and coca is a political issue once more.

Joe Biden aims to protect democratic values far beyond America’s shores and also strike principled, but pragmatic deals on climate and public health.

With democracy still in retreat, it is time to get smart about fighting back.

This article is part of the series America’s Global Role: The View from Abroad

What happens after 7 February, the disputed end date of Jovenel Moïse’s presidential term? Without any credible alternatives, the likely outcome is that events will mutate into something more dramatic, including widespread civil conflict. 

The gravity of the Capitol attack makes a trial necessary, but a fuller account from a bipartisan commission is essential to repair America's global reputation.

Inequality for indigenous people and Afro-Colombians is striking in a country with a progressive constitution built on multi-ethnic, multicultural principles.

In this Council of Councils global perspectives roundup, members of five leading think tanks reflect on the impact of the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. The attacks left, leaders and publics in many democracies stunned, reassured, or determined to play a bigger role in preserving democratic order in the world.

Examining key US foreign policy plans for climate, trade, security, and the Middle East, and the importance of strengthening global relationships and democracy.

The European Union’s decision to sign an investment accord makes it clear that China’s geopolitical heft and allure of trade and investment are tempting.

Inspired by a President who has stoked division, the mob represents only a slice of Trump's support - most Republicans are aghast

The UK’s Integrated Review is an Opportunity to Respond to the China Challenge China has gone from being rather peripheral to the UK debate on international policy and security to being increasingly central.

Examining key issues for the new US administration such as the Iran nuclear deal, Iraq crisis, chaos in Libya and Syria, and Israeli-Palestinian relations.

Examining the post-election landscape of the US and analysing how the president-elect should tackle major policy on immigration, trade, and the Middle East.

As the evolution of climate policy sees carbon-neutral targets and climate taxes going more mainstream, the trade regime is being put under increasing pressure.

America is polarised and anxious. The next US president will have to build bridges

Economic considerations drive the positive and negative narratives on China in Italy. The country is a trading nation and the current government wants to stay on good terms with China – as much as this may cause uncertainty to the transatlantic relationship.

While the politics of gun violence have not been front and centre this election cycle, it’s alive in the national conversation and is wedged deep in the psyche of Americans.

With less than two weeks left until the elections, President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden faced off for the final time on 22 October.

The international community should use its leverage to press for an inclusive approach to Afghan constitutional politics.

What difference can an election make? A range of leading experts consider the most pressing foreign policy challenges for the next US president, and examine how the outcome of the 2020 election will affect these. 

The Sunshine State is a critical battleground for winning the electoral college, and the presidency.

A ‘diplomatic romance’ between old friends ultimately reflects a convergence of interests – Canada and the UK have good reasons to gravitate towards each other.

On 7 October, Vice President Mike Pence and California Senator Kamala Harris went head-to-head in the first and only vice presidential debate.

Trump’s determination to appear strong in the face of physical weakness is redolent of occupants of the Kremlin – the problem for him is that US democracy has been designed to check strongman politics.

The US, EU, and UK should focus on their set of bilateral trade negotiations, address shared concerns regarding the global trade system, and remove underlying trade tensions among themselves.

On 29 September, US President Donald Trump went head-to-head with Vice President Joe Biden in the first presidential debate of the 2020 US election. Anar Bata spoke with experts across Chatham House to get their views on the key debate moments and the implications for the US election.

This past Friday Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away, creating an open seat on the nation’s highest court six weeks before the presidential election

The 21st-century global economy has different drivers from those in the previous century. Amid ever more politicized trade relations, economic diplomacy needs a more transparent framework.

With trade tensions increasingly politicized, a key appeals process suspended and COVID-19 creating huge economic challenges, a modernized and fully functioning WTO is more essential than ever. This paper makes the case for transatlantic cooperation as a necessary, though insufficient alone, condition for WTO reform.

The identity of the next US president is yet to be determined, but the foreign policy views of the American public are already clear. In principle, Americans support US engagement in the world but, in practice, they worry other countries take advantage of the United States.

If Joe Biden and Kamala Harris win the elections in November, they will face the enormous challenge of rebuilding America's relationships with the world.

180,000 Americans have died from coronavirus – but the president proclaimed his successful record and attacked Biden as a threat to the US.

For the last four years, our nation – and indeed the world – has watched the Trump administration repeatedly abdicate their responsibilities on everything from climate change to the COVID-19 pandemic; and so cities, especially New York City, have risen to the occasion to become the emblem of 21st century American leadership.

The decision to participate in an election is not about assigning legitimacy, but about choosing a terrain in which to contest power from an authoritarian regime.

Because caucuses and primaries occur long before the actual convention and signal who the next presidential candidate will be, conventions have morphed into largely symbolic gatherings to showcase a unified party approach and the commitments and values of the nominee.

Joe Biden’s choice of Kamala Harris as his running mate will have a lasting impact on how Americans think about the presidential ticket, and confirms the violent killing of George Floyd unleashed a demand for racial equality that continues to have dramatic impact.

Rejecting science, creating enemies and polarizing discourse are part of Jair Bolsonaro’s leadership style. But can this style survive the simultaneous economic, political and social crisis that the pandemic has unravelled?

Evaluating current protests in light of previous protests, especially in light of contemporary claims that protest sometimes drives politics in more conservative directions.

Canadian attitudes towards China have undergone a dramatic shift – from ambivalence to distrust – since the two countries became locked in a diplomatic dispute in late 2018. This paper argues that these hardened sentiments are unlikely to dissipate and Canada–China relations seem to have entered a new, warier phase.

With less than four months remaining until the presidential election, former Vice President Joe Biden holds a substantial lead over President Trump in the polls. Professor Peter Trubowitz writes that the COVID-19 pandemic means that there will be far more absentee ballots, and that we should not discount the likelihood of President Trump using this difference to claim that the final result is a fraud if he does not win.

Amy Walter and Adam Boulton discuss the current state of the nation and what this means for the US presidential election.

If rates of female ownership and investment in female-led companies decline in the post-COVID economy, this could spell further hardship for the region.

President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s decision to travel to the US was met with concern and incredulity in Mexico and bafflement among many Democrats in the US. Being seen as a close ally to Donald Trump could be detrimental to the future of bilateral relations.