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[Trump's] attitude toward U.S.-Japan security and Indo-Pacific strategy is even softer than it was in the past.
0The message is unmistakable: there are no absolute guarantees and state sovereignty is conditional when it clashes with the interests of powerful states.
0Venezuela is likely to become another wasted crisis, resembling events that followed when the U.S. forced regime changes in Libya, Afghanistan and Iraq.
0Whatever pragmatic considerations may have prompted Trump to make the move, there is no justification in international law for it.
0[T]he Bolivarian revolution must continue to forge its path. Surrender is not part of the victorious legacy of Simón BolÃvar .
0[Trump] is not trying to preserve the post-Cold War system; he has concluded that system has already collapsed.
0By any measure, the brief, yet highly effective U.S. operation in Venezuela was an audacious act.
0When the hegemon leaves legitimacy behind, only strength remains. And that ... is not a sign of power.
0[N]egotiations to end the bloodshed in Ukraine have recently gained momentum. However, tangible results are not in sight.
0Trump might triumph in Venezuela. He may also come to greatly regret his decision.
0[T]here can be no justification for arbitrarily attacking a sovereign nation and capturing a leader.
0The U.S. president’s economic agenda collides with fragile financial systems, triggering market fears, investor flight and developing nation chaos.
The U.S. is retreating behind chokepoints and tariffs. It remains determined to invent the future but is struggling to ensure its control.
The Trump administration is deliberately fomenting fear through the deportations and arrests.
The U.S. president has expelled his own country from the rules-based global trade system that America itself created.
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