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Monroe Doctrine
Latin America

The Monroe Doctrine: Stop the revisionist madness and listen

Nostalgia is not strategy. Offering a sober assessment of 19th and 20th Century US foreign policy and lessons learned the hard way.

tim kaine war powers
QiOSK

Finally: Senators vote to block military action in Venezuela

Body moved to discharge War Powers Resolution today, moving to a full chamber vote.

Trump Venezuela
Latin America

Trump's sphere of influence gambit is sloppy, self-sabotage

Great powers have historically sought regional sway but the president's Venezuela and Greenland ploys risk anything but

 Ngo Dinh Diem assassination
Washington Politics

JFK oversaw Vietnam decapitation. He didn't live to witness the rest.

A coup likely set unto motion by Kennedy memo ended with the assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem in fall of 1963. Two years later, the US was fully at war.

Marinera ship (Ex-Bella 1)
QiOSK

US capture of Russian-flagged ship could derail Ukraine War talks

Experts say this could also give Europeans permission to seize Moscow's ships and kill relations

Trump SOTU 2025
Washington Politics

Has my party become 'eunuchs in the thrall' of the president?

No provision in the Constitution allows the president to unilaterally bomb another nation's capital and remove its leader