Like other U.S. regime change efforts since the end of the Cold War, U.S. action in Venezuela is likely a self-isolating and self-defeating move. It signals a return of law of the jungle for which the U.S., and much of the rest of the world, will ultimately pay a heavy price.

Trump’s new “Donroe Doctrine” is based on the premise that the United States is the greatest power in the Western Hemisphere and therefore has the capacity and the right to dictate how things run in its backyard. Take his fixation on Venezuela’s oil.

China views Trump’s Venezuela strike as a strategic gift because it validates Beijing’s critique of US unilateralism and weakens Washington’s moral standing.

Analysts say that Beijing could leverage Trump's move to defend its stance against the U.S. on territorial issues including Taiwan, Tibet and islands in the East and South China seas.

In 2019, the National Assembly of Venezuela invoked the Venezuelan constitution and declared that Maduro had usurped power and was not the president of Venezuela. In 2024, he held on to power despite compelling evidence he had decisively lost the July elections.

On Saturday 3 January U.S. President Donald Trump announced a large-scale US strike on Venezuela and the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife. He also plans to allow

At a time when the Chinese regime is assaulting the U.S. at home and abroad, President Donald Trump’s national security strategy does not label China as a threat. The document, released December 4, states that America seeks “a genuinely mutually ...

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