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US Strikes Are Blowing Up More Than Just Boats In LatAm

Latin American and European leaders convened in the coastal Caribbean city of Santa Marta, Colombia this weekend to discuss trade, energy and security, yet regional polarization over the Trump administration’s lethal strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean overshadowed the regional agenda and significantly depressed turnout
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Trump Authorizes Regime Change Operations Against Venezuela

President Donald Trump confirmed on Wednesday that he has authorized the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to carry out lethal, covert operations in Venezuela aimed at overthrowing the government of President Nicolás Maduro
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Sabah’s Grievances And The Rising Risk Of Foreign Exploitation

Sabah, Malaysia’s easternmost state, has long been viewed as a frontier — rich in resources, culturally diverse, and geopolitically vital. Yet beneath its natural beauty and strategic importance lies a simmering discontent that foreign actors could easily exploit
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Has America Left And Gone For Good?

At one level, US President Donald Trump’s September 23 speech to the United Nations General Assembly was a rambling, at times barely coherent mix of rants and ramble, full of self-congratulation, abuse of allies, and plenty of plain, simple lies about much of the rest of the world
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Trump Poised To Decertify Colombia

It appears increasingly likely that the Trump administration will move to "decertify" Colombia as a partner in its fight against global drug trafficking for the first time in 30 years
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Thai Politics Once Again In Turmoil

Thailand’s political merry-go-round is expected to start to spin again later this week when the 500-member parliament convenes, with contending political parties jockeying to form a coalition to replace Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, ousted by the Constitutional Court last week after two months of suspension by the court
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The Iran Ceasefire: A Dicey Intermission

The recent attack by Israel and the US on parts of Iran's nuclear project has already been dubbed by some commentators as the Twelve Day War
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