There They Go Again in Venezuela

Reprinted from Foreign Policy in Focus: Mark Twain allegedly quipped, “God created war so Americans would learn geography.” Whether or not he actually said that, it would be a good test – for the world’s mightiest military power to be prevented from waging war if a...

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The Next Wars Were Always Here

The first U.S. missiles that struck the boats in the Caribbean in early September 2025 were described by Washington as a “counter-narcotics operation,” a sterile phrase meant to dull the violence of incinerating human beings in an instant. Then came the second strike,...

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Venezuela: Eye on the Prize?

Venezuelan opposition figure María Corina Machado, according to to Nobel Institute director Kristian Berg Harpviken, will travel to Oslo to collect her Nobel Peace Prize on December 10. As news goes, Machado’s alleged trip pings three different stories. First, there’s...

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