Nepal’s UN speech was powerful in its portrayal of climate vulnerability but far less complete in explaining the forces behind it. Its strongest arguments about climate justice, broken supply chains and unequal
Days before US forces carried out the January 3, 2026 raid that led to the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, geopolitical strategist George Friedman was already warning that Venezuela itself was
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Russia has dispatched a submarine and other naval assets to escort an empty, rusting oil tanker being pursued by the United States, turning an obscure maritime enforcement case into a new flashpoint
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The US Justice Department has quietly removed language identifying Nicolás Maduro as the leader of the so-called Cartel of the Suns, softening one of its most sweeping accusations against the Venezuelan president
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“From day one, my focus has been to advance America’s interests.. and we’ve built a relationship that delivers results for the American people and supports a free, open, and secure Indo-Pacific,” U.S.
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Peace doesn’t always fall apart because of distant rivals. Peace breaks down because neighbors stop talking. Borders are challenged, and trust chipped away. Small disagreements fester and become permanent. In a world
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The dramatic capture of Nicolás Maduro, whatever its final legal and political characterization may prove to be, has once again exposed the uneasy intersection between power, legality, and strategic narrative in contemporary
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Editor’s Note: Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith are among the most influential contemporary American legal scholars writing on executive power, constitutional structure, and the law of the presidency. Bauer, a Professor of
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The capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro by U.S. forces last week has exposed a complex web of secret negotiations and shifting allegiances within the Venezuelan government, revealing that one of Maduro’s
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For more than two decades, China and Venezuela were bound by a sweeping bargain born of mutual need: oil for cash. Now, after the U.S.-backed ouster of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, that
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America’s actions in Venezuela, coupled with Europe’s acquiescence, mark an open reversion to colonialist militarism. For much of the post-Cold War era, Western power operated through deniability. Coercion was cloaked in the
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History will record US President Trump’s move to invade Venezuela, arrest its President and his wife, and forcibly take them to the US to face trial in a US court, as one
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On December 29, 2025, the Assam Police’s Special Task Force (STF) dismantled an Islamist extremist module linked to Imam Mahmuder Kafila (IMK), an offshoot of the Bangladesh-based Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), with
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Updated Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro appeared in a New York City federal courtroom on Monday to face serious charges brought by the United States, including narco-terrorism, conspiracy to import cocaine, possession of
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Editorial Western media, in their infinite hypocrisy, love nothing more than taking their designated enemies abroad and comparing them to their own leaders at home, as if the two are remotely similar.
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The United States is no longer merely retreating from global leadership but actively dismantling the international order it created, according to Eurasia Group’s Top Risks 2026 report written by Ian Bremmer, president,
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