NEWS ANALYSIS. Trade has become the main vehicle of Chinese power, and the deep dependencies already created weigh more heavily than the threat of diplomatic, or even military, pressure wielded by the US.

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.

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

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.

President Trump’s new security strategy described China’s threat to Taiwan in purely economic, not military, terms. China has long spoken of retaking Taiwan, which it views as a breakaway province. WASHINGTON — President Trump last week released a ...

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 ...

The Trump administration is possibly facing a "dilemma" as tensions between China and Japan intensify, one Chinese analyst has suggested, while another noted that any breakthrough in the diplomatic dispute still hinged on direct engagement between the two ...

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