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** Europe whistles past the Venezuelan graveyard ([link removed])
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By Eldar Mamedov on Jan 06, 2026 12:05 am
Featured Image When Russia invaded Ukraine, the EU high representative for foreign affairs Kaja Kallas said ([link removed]) that “sovereignty, territorial integrity and discrediting aggression as a tool of statecraft are crucial principles that must be upheld in case of Ukraine and globally.”
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** Is Greenland next? Denmark says, not so fast. ([link removed])
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By Pavel Devyatkin on Jan 05, 2026 12:05 am
Featured Image The Trump administration dramatically escalated its campaign to control Greenland in 2025. When President Trump first proposed buying Greenland in 2019, the world largely laughed ([link removed]) it off. Now, the laughter has died down, and the mood has shifted from mockery to disbelief and anxiety.
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** When Trump's big Venezuela oil grab runs smack into reality ([link removed])
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By Karthik Sankaran on Jan 04, 2026 02:12 pm
Featured Image Within hours of U.S. military strikes on Venezuela and the capture of its leader, Nicolas Maduro, President Trumpproclaimed ([link removed]) that “very large United States oil companies would go in, spend billions of dollars, fix the badly broken infrastructure, and start making money for the country.”
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** Team America is back! And keeping with history, has no real plan ([link removed])
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By Douglas Macgregor on Jan 03, 2026 05:10 pm
Featured Image The successful seizure and removal of President Nicolas Maduro from Venezuela demonstrates Washington’s readiness to use every means at its disposal — including military power — to stave off any diminishment of U.S. national influence in its bid to manage the dissolution of the celebrated postwar, liberal order.
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** Regime change faithful toss roses at Trump after Maduro overthrow ([link removed])
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By Kelley Beaucar Vlahos on Jan 03, 2026 11:17 am
Featured Image Republicans and right wing media supporters are cheering on Donald Trump after the U.S military bombing of Venezuela and the kidnapping of its president, Nicolas Maduro and his wife, in a surprise military ([link removed]) operation overnight.
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** New weapons to Taiwan: 'Overdue correction' or poorly timed move? ([link removed])
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By Jennifer Kavanagh on Jan 02, 2026 12:05 am
Featured Image On December 17, while much of the nation was watching President Donald Trump’s primetime “year-in-review” address to the nation, the State Department ([link removed]) made a big reveal of its own: the approval of an $11 billion arms package for Taiwan.
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