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Mario Lubetkin on Washington’s revived sphere-of-influence doctrine, Venezuela, and China’s growing footprint., Mario Lubetkin on Washington’s revived sphere-of-influence doctrine, Venezuela, and China’s growing footprint. The United States is reviving a policy first set out in the 1800s that treats Latin America as its strategic sphere of influence. As Washington expandsContinue Reading

europe’s-hesitant-resolve

The 18 December meeting of EU leaders in Brussels revealed growing divisions within the bloc over support for Ukraine. Plan A—a reparations loan backed by frozen Russian assets—did not happen. Once again, the EU placed the burden of supporting Ukraine on its own budgets, rather than on the aggressor. ToContinue Reading