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Trump Maduro Cheney
Latin America

Dick Cheney's ghost has a playbook for war in Venezuela

Trump flirting with regime change in Caracas carries eerie similarities to the run-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq

Panama invasion 1989
Latin America

Invading Panama and deposing Noriega in 1989 was easy, right?

Comparisons to potential action in Venezuela fall apart and furthermore, we took the wrong lessons from 35 years ago anyway

Trump Central Asia
Asia-Pacific

Central Asia doesn't need another great game

Trump's meeting with the leaders of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan signals a turning point in US-regional relations

POGO The Bunker
Military Industrial Complex

Golden Dome, mission impossible

This week in The Bunker: Nuke test water muddying, Lockheed hypes MIA readiness, and a heartfelt helmet tip to vets

Xi Jinping
Asia-Pacific

Why Texas should invite Xi Jinping to a rodeo

The state's ban on interactions with Chinese leaders is baseless and counterproductive

Nigeria violence
Africa

What Trump should know before going 'guns-a-blazing' into Nigeria

The country is riven with horrific violence — but anti-Christianity is not the driving force and perpetrators are not all the same