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Sabotage and Attacks: War without a Declaration of War

Unless Trump is persuaded to return to the negotiating table, this cycle of violence is bound to persist.

President Trump: Do Not Empower North Korean Leader Kim

The plan ignores the root cause of the region’s decades-old conflict, which is the unresolved Palestinian question.

Country of Lords | Watching America

The central objective of increasing the security and military costs imposed on Iran is not necessarily to launch an all-out war, but rather to c…

The ‘Shield of the Americas’ Cannot Protect Latin America

The main reason why the U.S. administration prioritizes Caracas over Havana lies in the nature of the interests at stake.

Trump’s ‘Ego-Politics’: Why Does the US Prioritize Venezuela in Latin America?

With the upcoming party convention, Trump is turning the midterms into a referendum on himself.

America’s AI Dilemma

One would have to be naive to believe that the so-called 'democracy' of the U.S. electoral model is an anomaly rather than a systemic logic.

Slight Thaw in Venezuela*

Before the pace of AI development outstrips the ability of humans to control it, AI companies around the world, and Washington and Beijing too,…

Everything Is ‘the Caribbean’

The prospects for another North Korea-U.S. summit are not bright, but pessimism is not a reason for inaction.

Cracks in the Monolith*

We have a Europe that’s scared out of its wits and diplomatically inept, presidents with dirty underwear, and borders that are bursting at the s…

NATO’s Purpose Today

Unless Trump is persuaded to return to the negotiating table, this cycle of violence is bound to persist.

The Defense Secretary’s Southeast Asia Trip and US Forces Korea

Middle Eastern countries, disregarding the influence of the U.S., which thinks little of international order, are eyeing a move to a framework t…

Remove, Rename and Much More, Part 1

'[T]he umpteenth summit between Putin and Xi is rousing the Shanghai Cooperation Organization from its long slumber.'

Should We Reject Trump – And the Declaration of Human Rights As Well?

The use of artificial intelligence-driven pattern detection and cryptocurrency-tracing tools can disrupt designated financing networks.

Donald Trump Has the Same Approval Rating in Spain and the United States

'[T]he umpteenth summit between Putin and Xi is rousing the Shanghai Cooperation Organization from its long slumber.'

The War in Which Everyone Loses

When and why did Europe begin to cultivate the myth of America as a teacher of democracy and leader of the West?

The Dreamers’ Nightmare

A year and a half of global trade chaos does not seem to have convinced the White House of this policy's drawbacks.

Joe Arpaio and NAFTA

It will take a long time for the old order to be replaced; the U.S. will not vanish overnight.

The New Contemporary Republic and Mr. Donald Trump

It will take a long time for the old order to be replaced; the U.S. will not vanish overnight.