Return to the Dark Era of ‘Gunboat Diplomacy’

In the early days of January 2026, as the world looked forward to a move toward stability after years of friction, the roar of more than 150 warplanes and bombers over Caracas and the images of Nicolás Maduro’s arrest by U.S. Special Forces sent a massive shockwave...

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John Mearsheimer vs. John Bolton on Venezuela

Reprinted from John's Substack:  On 4 January 2026, John Bolton and I appeared on Tom Switzer’s new show — “Switzerland” — to talk about the US kidnapping of President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela. Although we were interviewed sequentially, the issues Bolton and I...

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Washington D.C. Censors Peace on Billboards

Reprinted from World BEYOND War: “Peace” seems to be permitted in subway stations in Washington, D.C., as long as it doesn’t appear to mean anything. World BEYOND War has a project to put peace billboards up around the world. It has had lots of successes and met lots...

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Gaza’s Grim Facts

Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. Today I caught this grim summary on Twitter/X: The scary part is that the official death toll of 76,134 is an undercount. So many bodies remain under rubble or just plain obliterated by bombs. Of course, the...

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