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U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier USS Gerald R. Ford Ordered To The Caribbean

MAGA goes south: Trump’s plan for Venezuela

Speculation is swirling that the US could use military force to pursue regime change in Venezuela. The country’s fate may depend on which faction in the Trump administration convinces the president they can serve him up the biggest “win”

U.S. President Trump Meets Chinese President Xi

What Chinese leaders really think of Trump

According to Chinese academics, economists and retired military officers, the country’s leaders are not losing any sleep over Donald Trump’s America First agenda. In fact, as they see it, the US president is ushering in a world that Chinese strategists have long been preparing for

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The imported martyr: Echoes of Charlie Kirk in Europe

By presenting Kirk as a martyr killed by “leftist hate”, conservative leaders across the Atlantic can reaffirm their core narrative: that they are victims, persecuted and silenced by liberal elites

A member of the Louisiana National Guard patrols at the National Mall

Americans have 400 days to save their democracy

I never thought I’d see fear spread so far and fast. Next year’s midterm elections are now crucial for the Democratic party—and for democrats everywhere

Trump’s quest to transform the West

The Trump administration is drawing on Roman Empire imagery, and Trump’s own version of Christianity, to reinforce its perception of Western values and impose conditional bilateral partnerships. Europeans need to be ready for America’s whole-hearted shift towards values-based diplomacy