We are seeing the return of overt geopolitics: a style of major power politics that does not bother to hide behind international law or multilateral norms. That’s good news for China – and bad news ...
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US-China symposium: Spheres of influence for me, not for thee?

The administration is asserting its security imperative in the Western Hemisphere but what happens when American interests collide with China's 'near abroad'? We asked 14 experts.
It also made clear that the United States will exert its influence in its own neighborhood, the Western Hemisphere. Recent U.S. action in Venezuela further illustrated that intention. Six Council of ...
Antony Blinken has been warning that if major powers carve the globe into exclusive zones of control, the result will not be stability but a slide toward confrontation. His argument is that a world ...
OP-ED. While the theory of spheres of influence is highly popular, four factors counterbalance it, writes the international ...
The military raid ordered by President Donald Trump to capture and extract Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro represents the starkest expression yet of his administration’s intent to reassert American ...
Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... President Donald Trump's renewed emphasis on dividing the international system into spheres of influence represents an overdue recognition ...
A Failed Chinese Invasion of Taiwan Would Be Disastrous for Xi Jinping (Bonnie S. Glaser and Zack Cooper, Foreign Policy) Beijing’s saber-rattling conceals the real possibility of a loss. Why Does ...
Standing before the world’s financial elite at the 2026 World Economic Forum, President Donald Trump did not just deliver a ...
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES - JANUARY 3: US President Donald Trump watches Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's capture unfold in Washington, United States on January 3, 2026. Director of the Central ...