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    US Strike on Venezuela: A Violation of the Sovereign Equality of Nation-State Principle

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    The US strike on northern Venezuela’s establishment on January 3 is a gross violation of international law and the principle of the sovereign equality of the nation-state. This noble principle, first articulated in the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 — which ended the balkanization of Europe — was later reiterated in the Charter of the… Continue reading US Strike on Venezuela: A Violation of the Sovereign Equality of Nation-State Principle
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      Gunboat Diplomacy Returns: US Resource Grab in Venezuela

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      In the early hours of January 3, US forces stormed a military compound in Caracas, capturing Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro. Hours later, from his Mar-a-Lago estate, US President Donald Trump dismissed Venezuela’s democratic opposition, asserting the US would “run the country until transition.” Thus began what US forces dubbed “Operation Absolute Resolve.” The name implies… Continue reading Gunboat Diplomacy Returns: US Resource Grab in Venezuela
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      Beyond the Fog of War: Venezuela’s Democracy is at Stake

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      Venezuela’s trajectory shifted abruptly in the early hours of January 3, when the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro — who had long been the Chavista regime’s great survivor — was captured by US forces. Maduro, along with his wife Cilia Flores, was brought in front of a federal court in Manhattan, where he pleaded not guilty… Continue reading Beyond the Fog of War: Venezuela’s Democracy is at Stake
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      Climate Protest in the Age of Unrest

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      There are three remarkable shared characteristics about the wave of Generation Z (Gen Z) protests that have swept around the world in the last 18 months: the speed and scale with which they took off, their astonishing success and, lastly, the mix of motivations that lit the spark of protest and those that are missing… Continue reading Climate Protest in the Age of Unrest
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