international relations | Watching America

Brazil: There’s Only 1 Way Out of a Dead End Like Hormuz: Retreat*

Eduarda Navarro - April 27, 2026. Published in Folha

[I]t is hard to believe that Iranians are any closer to democracy today than they were a few months ago.

Australia: Trump Is Political Kryptonite in Australia but Diplomacy Still Guides the Way

Rejeanne Lacroix - April 27, 2026. Published in ABC News Australia

Australia: Forget Trump. On AUKUS, It’s the Next President We Must Worry About

Rejeanne Lacroix - April 22, 2026. Published in Sydney Morning Herald

Venezuela: The ‘Shield of the Americas’ Doesn’t Help Latin America

Lucy Preston - April 14, 2026. Published in Tal Cual Digital

Security summits that exclude those most affected and prioritize ideology over pragmatism don’t produce lasting results – they produce photo ops.

Spain: The Infuriating Flippancy of Donald Trump

Juliet Bristow - April 13, 2026. Published in El País

Whoever was hoping for some clarity about the plan going forward will have realized that there is no plan.

Spain: Trump Retreats and Avoids the Apocalypse*

Patricia Simoni - April 11, 2026. Published in La Vanguardia

We could never have imagined that yesterday we would be watching the clock, waiting to see whether an entire civilization would come to an end.

Egypt: The White House, or Shall I Say, the Den of Snakes

Translator - April 7, 2026. Published in almasryalyoum

Trump's rationale for waging the war on Iran differs from those of his degenerate secretary of war as well as his wretched secretary of state.

Saudi Arabia: US and Europe: A Partnership of Anxiety

Houssam Alsabbagh - April 5, 2026. Published in Asharq Al-Awsat

Are we ... witnessing a divorce between ... two allies, or are we seeing a reshuffling of the deck?

Poland: Europe Must Not Get Drawn into a War with Iran*

Marta Johnson - April 4, 2026. Published in Gazeta Wyborcza

[Trump] has started a war he cannot win and doesn't know how to end. But should Europe help him?

Ireland: War in the Middle East Has Cooled Enthusiasm of Conservatives for an Irish Trump

Rejeanne Lacroix - April 1, 2026. Published in Irish Times

Mexico: Why Support Cuba?

Patricia Simoni - March 31, 2026. Published in La Jornada

On the Caribbean island, people are dying because of Donald Trump’s cruelty.

Hong Kong: Iran Stands Its Ground: US and Israel Have Miscalculated

Matthew McKay - March 31, 2026. Published in Wen Wei Po

[T]he U.S. and Israel are fixated on “decapitation strikes" ... [which] is just as absurd as believing the Iranian people would cooperate with U.S.-Israeli military strikes against their own country.

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