United States International Relations

• Japan’s New Clarity on Taiwan Is a Wake-Up Call - The Japanese leader’s candor over Taiwan brought the shared regional stakes out into the open, and the U.S. must stand behind its ally.
• This Is the Story of How the Democrats Blew It on Gaza - It may be tempting to memory hole what happened in Gaza. That would only compound the mistake of ignoring, or rationalizing, an intolerable reality.
• America’s Backyard Isn’t as Quiet as It Looks - Latin Americans have proved surprisingly acquiescent to U.S. aggression — but that won’t last forever.
• Rubio Says ‘Much Work’ to Be Done After Talks With Ukrainian Officials - Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other U.S. officials met with a Ukrainian delegation that was without Andriy Yermak, who resigned as chief of staff to Ukraine’s president on Friday.
• Lawmakers Suggest Follow-Up Boat Strike Could Be a War Crime - Top Republicans have joined Democrats in demanding answers about the escalating military campaign the Trump administration says is aimed at targeting drug traffickers.
• What to Know About Honduras’s Elections - President Trump has put a spotlight on Honduras as voters head to the polls. Their choices include the left-wing party in power and a candidate endorsed by Mr. Trump.
• The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine - Juan Orlando Hernández, whom Mr. Trump called a victim of persecution, helped orchestrate a decades-long trafficking conspiracy. It ravaged his Central American country.
• Targeting Venezuela and Pardoning Honduran Ex-President, Trump Contradicts Himself - President Trump’s statements on social media less than 24 hours apart showed the dissonance in his campaign against drug trafficking.
• Trump Declares Venezuelan Airspace Closed - President Trump said days earlier that the United States could “very soon” expand its campaign of killing people at sea suspected of drug trafficking to attacking Venezuelan territory.
• In Firing His No. 2, Zelensky Loses Both a Negotiator and an Enforcer - Andriy Yermak had ensured internal discipline in Ukraine’s wartime politics. He also led the country’s peace negotiations, which now must go on without him.