By Anika Oettler*, Stefan Peters* and Jonas Wolff* – International Politics and Society (IPS-Journal) Intervention can force change at the top, but it cannot deliver democracy. In Venezuela, the decisive struggle is between internal power blocs In the outpouring of recent…
By Leon Hadar* – Global Zetgeist Substack Imperial Overreach in Arctic Garb. President Donald Trump’s renewed campaign to acquire Greenland—complete with threats of military force, tariffs against Denmark, and now reports of cash payments to Greenlanders—represents yet another…
Thakur* – Modern Diplomacy The organizations from which the US withdraws are focused on climate change, the environment, human rights, gender issues, and migration. Marked by the evolution of a multilateral order characterized by the United Nations, Bretton Woods institutions…
By Richard Haass* – Foreign Affairs What History Teaches About When and How to Pursue It. For at least a decade, the conventional wisdom has been that direct attempts at regime change by the United States have ended in disaster.
By Marcus Schneider* – International Politics and Society (IPS-Journal) Trump’s bid for Greenland breaks the post-war consensus. If Europe wants to stand up to the US president, it must finally learn the language of power. ‘A few acres of snow’ — that was Voltaire’s contemptuous…
Simardone* – The Cradle Washington’s ambitions to control the Western Hemisphere are escalating. Canadians should not underestimate what this means for their future. When US President Donald Trump first floated the idea of buying Greenland in 2019, it was widely dismissed as a…
By Marcus Schneider* – International Politics and Society (IPS-Journal) As unrest sweeps the country, Iran balances on a knife’s edge, with change looming yet its form and cost unknown. ‘…I see the Tiber foaming with much blood’, Virgil writes as a dark premonition of the end of…
By Ramesh Jaura* – rjaura.substack.com How the U.S. Retreat Is Reshaping the Global Economy.
By William LeoGrande* – Responsible Statecraft But he shouldn’t be surprised. American presidents have been predicting collapse there since 1959 and the conditions are no different today. Of the 100 or more people killed in the U.S. military operation that abducted Venezuelan…
By Eve Ottenberg* – Responsible Statecraft At the very least, the decision to cut loose every major Gaza humanitarian group could lead to the utter collapse of Trump’s peace plan. The Israeli noose around Gaza tightened December 30, with news that Jerusalem revoked the licenses…
