The world is being redrawn into spheres of influence, and only military might and the willingness to use it seem to be effective barriers against foreign interventions.
In one potential version of events, much of this was a spectacle, a fireworks show symbolizing U.S. military might but in effect little more than an agreement for Maduro to transfer power to Rodriguez.
Will this Bolivarian country be integrated into the “Trump system” through a U.S.-backed “democratic transition,” along with its resources?
What has been done in Venezuela is part of the NSS, the US National Security Strategy, which has revived the Monroe Doctrine.
An internal coup and a negotiated resignation are among the possibilities.
Few analysts in the West are truly aware of the situation in Iran.
Omission is the favoured tactic of Western journalists. It’s not what they write – it’s what they leave out.
Israel’s intention is clear: this geographical area of the Gulf of Aden marks the access to the Red Sea and therefore to the Suez Canal.
