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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

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

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Europe

Despite the blob's teeth gnashing, realists got Ukraine right

As usual, critics are still trying to launder their abysmal policy records by projecting their failures and conceits onto others.

Is Greenland next? Denmark says, not so fast.
North America

Is Greenland next? Denmark says, not so fast.

The Venezuela 'take over' is causing anxiety, but Trump should know that alienating Copenhagen would actually undermine US security

Listening to what regular Ukrainians are saying about the war
Europe

Listening to what regular Ukrainians are saying about the war

A number share their views on how to end what they are calling the 'conveyor belt of death'

Marco Rubio
Washington Politics

Five restraint successes — and five absolute fails — in 2025

Trump's promise of an 'America First' realism in foreign policy has delivered not a clean break, but a deeply contradictory picture