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Trump exits global bodies in the name of 鈥楢merica First.鈥� Who benefits?President Donald Trump鈥檚 withdrawal from dozens of global organizations 鈥� many focused on climate issues and human rights 鈥� was swiftly condemned by U.S. allies. One power that increasingly has stepped into the leadership breach is China.
Seizing Venezuela鈥檚 Maduro, Trump implements his corollary to Monroe DoctrineWhat was behind the seizure of Venezuela鈥檚 Nicol谩s Maduro? The Trump administration鈥檚 hemispheric strategy recalls the 1904 Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, which asserts a U.S. right to intervene in Latin America in cases of 鈥渃hronic wrongdoing.鈥�
Trump says US will now 鈥榬un鈥� Venezuela, serving a warning to other world leadersThe Trump administration鈥檚 ouster of Venezuela鈥檚 Nicol谩s Maduro deposes an unpopular world leader. It also raises important legal and geopolitical questions for the Western Hemisphere.
First LookTrump says Venezuela鈥檚 Maduro has been captured to face US chargesThe legal authority for an attack plucking Venezuela鈥檚 sitting leader from office was not clear. The U.S. says Nicol谩s聽Maduro will face charges in New York. He was indicted in 2020 on 鈥渘arco-terrorism鈥� conspiracy charges.
First LookTrump says Ukraine-Russia peace 鈥榗loser than ever鈥� after talks with ZelenskyyPresident Donald Trump says Ukraine and Russia are 鈥渃loser than ever before鈥� to a peace deal,聽even as Russia launched another round of attacks on Ukraine while Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy flew to the United States.
Many in Cuban diaspora find anti-Castro soulmate in Marco RubioUnder President Trump, U.S. policy in Latin America has shifted toward more military action. The move is welcomed by many in the Cuban diaspora.
Warily watching US-Russia talks, Ukrainians vow not to surrenderAs U.S. and Russian negotiators met, and European leaders scrambled to make a peace deal palatable to Kyiv, Ukrainians were wary bystanders to talks over their future. But their view is firm: Yes to compromise, No to capitulation.
After strong-arming a ceasefire in Gaza, Trump tries to do it again in UkrainePresident Donald Trump appears to have drawn a lesson from the Hamas-Israel ceasefire: Peace requires leaning heavily on the combatants. Now, he鈥檚 applying that to Ukraine.
With ceasefire and hostage deal, Gaza clears a hurdle. Taller ones remain.To get the breakthrough allowing a Gaza ceasefire and the release of hostages, negotiators decoupled a emotional聽first phase of the Trump plan from a far more complex second. Much hard work remains to get Israelis and Palestinians to peace.
Gaza breakthrough: Israel and Hamas approve first phase of Trump planAgreement by the two warring parties in Gaza after months of tense negotiations and near-deals brought widespread relief, raising hopes that a war that was sparked by Hamas鈥� deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attack will finally be brought to a close.
Israel and Hamas agree to first phase of Gaza peace plan, Trump saysIsrael and Hamas have agreed to a pause in fighting and a release of hostages and prisoners, in an agreement that President Donald Trump says is a step toward peace.聽
Eye on the (peace) prize: Why Trump might show more patience with Gaza diplomacyNegotiating the obstacles to President Donald Trump鈥檚 peace plan for Gaza could take time. But with so much riding on a deal, not least a chance at elusive Mideast peace and perhaps a Nobel, he鈥檚 likely to show patience.
Echoes of Northern Ireland peace plan in Trump鈥檚 ideas for GazaProspects for peace were not encouraging in Northern Ireland 30 years ago. And that is not the only common factor between it and Gaza.
Beneath the surface at UN gathering, remarkable moments of progressThe annual U.N. General Assembly, UNGA, draws the usual grousing about the usefulness and focus of such a giant gathering. But a quick look behind the curtain finds cooperation.
At UN, clues Trump is gearing up for new diplomatic drive on ChinaPresident Trump was rude to almost every country that attended the U.N. General Assembly this week. Except one. Could his diplomatic silence about China suggest his next diplomatic initiative?
Trump brings American culture wars to the global stage at the UNPresident Trump told the United Nations General Assembly that immigration and green hoaxes are the key threats to international聽peace and prosperity.
Trump to address United Nations as voice of a shifting world orderUnlike in his first, widely disrespected address to the United Nations eight years ago, President Donald Trump will face the globe鈥檚 preeminent multilateral institution as the standard-bearer of a post-multilateral era of big-power competition.
What French-Saudi move at UN means for a future Palestinian stateThe French-Saudi initiative at the United Nations supporting an independent Palestine, while symbolically important, is not risk-free and is unlikely to lead soon to that long-sought goal. Yet it鈥檚 worth it, supporters say, to keep the discussion alive.
State Department cuts raise a question: What is the US national interest?The Trump administration has cut the State Department workforce seeking efficiency, but might also be weakening Washington鈥檚 foreign expertise.
Trump sends ships off Venezuela鈥檚 coast. What鈥檚 behind the show of force?Whether or not sending a U.S. naval force off the coast of Venezuela is mere posturing, it has revived regional anxiety over U.S. militarism. Does the display of power advance U.S. interests, or give China a greater opening to the region?
