North America

"He also shall become a people, and he also shall be great..." (Genesis 48:19).

North America's history is tied to Great Britain's by more than just a revolution. The story begins with a promise to a patriarch, passed down to two brothers—the ancestors of two of the world's greatest superpower nations. Find out more below.

Article

Hanging in the Balance

Two very different paths might emerge from the United States' invasion of Iraq.
Article

World News and Trends: Selling weapons to unstable governments

Britain is far from the only Western nation to sell arms to some of the most unstable countries.
Article

World News and Trends: World opinion judges the United States

How does the rest of the world view the United States?
Article

'The Last Days of the Atlantic Alliance'?

In a later article published in the London Financial Times on Nov. 17, Dr. Kupchan predicts that the NATO summit held later that week would not hide the reality that these are "The Last Days of the Atlantic Alliance," as...
Article

The Coming Clash Between Europe and America

While the United States is focused on its war on terror and its conflict with Iraq, new threats continue to emerge of which Americans are largely oblivious.
Article

World News and Trends: German-American relationship chills

Bilateral relations between nations don't always mix well with national politics. Germany is a recent case in point.
Article

World News and Trends- America and Europe: drifting apart demographically?

The Aug. 24 edition of The Economist, based in Britain but published elsewhere as well, took a look at the remarkable demographic differences between the United States and Europe.
Article

World News and Trends: The Axis of Envy

Indications abound that the United States and Israel have struck the same European nerve.
Article

World News and Trends- America and Europe: Are they drifting apart?

We see a steady growth in tension between various European nations and the United States. According to a Financial Times feature article, the "common enemy" revealed by the events of Sept. 11, 2001, has "divided rather than unified the West."
Article

America vs. Iraq or America vs. the World?

One year after Sept. 11, in the debate on terrorism, America is often seen as the villain, no longer as the victim. Why do so many people around the world hate America?
Article

World News and Trends: Iraq yes, but don't overlook Iran

U.S. intentions concerning Iraq command the news media's attention, but Iran is never off America's mind for long.
Article

What the West Doesn't Realize: It's in a Fight for Survival

Islamic fundamentalism became front-page news after Sept. 11. There certainly had been plenty of warning, although nobody could have predicted the precise way in which terrorists would get the West's attention. Few would have listened anyway.
Article

Sept. 11 Aftermath Highlights U.S. Strengths and Weaknesses

America's response to the awful events of Sept. 11 has highlighted both the strengths and weaknesses of the nation. Ironically, some of its greatest strengths are also potentially great weaknesses.
Article

America: Uninformed and Unaware

America's tendency to forget, to put the past and the rest of the world behind them, is a contributing factor to Americans being less informed about world affairs than many of the world's peoples.
Article

One Year After Sept. 11: What Have We Learned?

A year after suicide hijackers killed almost 3,000 men, women and children in attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, what have we learned?
Article

America's Values War

The war on terrorism, uncertainty in the economy, worries over unemployment. Every day it’s more bad news. In recent months people have begun to reconsider some of the values they thought archaic not that long ago—values like courage and personal...
Article

World News and Trends: The President sets America a good example

George Bush has tried to restore spiritual leadership to the American presidency.
Portrait of George Washington (1732–99)
Article

This Is The Way, Walk in It: A Vision Beyond the Spectacles

All of us who are a little bit older have those anxious moments, when we have forgotten where we last placed our glasses. We simply can't read the newspaper in front of us without our spectacles. Momentary panic sets in...
Article

A War of Two Worlds

What's behind Islamic religious extremists' war against the West?
Article

America's Forgotten Inheritance

The Bible is the most important book in American history. Its importance has not diminished with time. We may not realize the for some decades the consequences of neglecting it, but its relevance for us is just as great as...
Subscribe to North America