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Latin America

Will Trump really attack Venezuela?

A full scale invasion appears unlikely, which leaves the question: what does the president really want?

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Global Crises

Beware: The Zombie War on Terror is upon us

The al-Qaida and Taliban threats are long gone but the tools and weapons we created to fight them are finding more monsters to destroy

Marco Rubio
Latin America

Is Rubio finally powerful enough to topple Venezuela's regime?

The Secretary of State has wanted this for years and now leads a major constituency, including Maduro's opposition, to remove him from power

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Latin America

Why we need to take Trump's Drug War very seriously

The president has broadcasted his zeal for military force against cartels for years and appears ready and willing to let it play out

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Global Crises

The unitary unilateral war on 'narco-terrorism'

This week in the Bunker: Trump shows us a third boat blown up in the Caribbean and a pox on independent Pentagon reporting

Proposed war authorization could allow Trump to target 60+ countries
Global Crises

Proposed war authorization could allow Trump to target 60+ countries

An 'insanely broad' draft AUMF could provide the president with wide latitude to go after supposed 'narco-terrorists'