Editorial Roundup: United State

Venezuela to the US, Taiwan to China?

The US invasion of Venezuela and the arrest of President Maduro and his wife was as dramatic as last year’s dispatch of B-2 bombers to strike Iranian nuclear facilities. If these two incidents are viewed as part of the same pattern, then Venezuela will not be occupied by the United States but will fall into […] The post Venezuela to the US, Taiwan to China? appeared first on Modern Diplomacy.

Trump’s First 12 Months: The Economy, Venezuela, and the American Electorate – The American Spectator | USA News and Politics

In the short 12 months since Donald Trump became president for the second time, his tenure thus far can be defined in economic and political terms: a successful tariff-driven economic program and effective efforts at cementing his legacy as the “peace president.” The public’s perceived success of these two agendas will significantly influence the balance of Donald Trump’s presidency — the midterm elections in November will determine whether the …

From Liberal Fantasy to Transactional Power Politics — A New World Order in the Making - Hungarian Conservative

If 2025 was the year in which the liberal world order collapsed, 2026 may become the year in which something new is reborn to replace it amidst the chaotic transformation currently unfolding. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán referred to this emerging order as the ‘age of nations’ at his year-opening international press conference on 5 January, and as the term aptly captures the contours of the order now taking shape, let us stick with it. M…

What Putin does next

As Nicolás Maduro sits in his Brooklyn jail cell, 2,000 miles from home, he may well be wondering if things might have turned out differently. What if he had been born outside the Western Hemisphere, say in Kyiv? If he had, he could be enjoying a quiet berth in Moscow, with a potential return to power on the cards. Such was the fate of Viktor Yanukovych, the former Ukrainian leader who fled to Russia following his ousting in the 2014 Maidan Revo…

NZ faces a foreign policy reckoning

This article was first published on The Conversation and is republished with permission. Opinion: Donald Trump’s seemingly reckless and probably illegal attempt at regime change in Venezuela highlights the need for New Zealand to rethink its current stance toward the United States. Since taking office, the National-led coalition Government has steadily reoriented foreign policy towards Washington. However, the US military operation of January 3 …