Tag: Abrams



The bloom is off the rose after four years of blundering, but it is still surprising to hear an occasional voice defending Trump’s foreign policy.

As we await answers on who funded the plot to use a handful of mercenaries and ex-Green Berets to oust Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, it’s worth taking a closer look at the man behind regime change policy, the special envoy on Venezuela, Elliott Abrams.

In an effort to understand Trump and his balancing act between a government loaded with hawks, and a geopolitical chess game rigged to dynamite, there are at least three dynamics at play – ‘3D chess’ if you like.

The international community is dominated by discourse that promotes foreign intervention according to the undemocratic agendas of the so-called democratic countries.