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Dispatches
By Rudabeh Shahid
The ongoing election staged by the ruling junta in Myanmar is structured less as a democratic exercise and more as a managed performance of legitimacy.
By Iria Puyosa
Venezuela’s new acting president must choose between accommodating the Trump administration’s demands and preserving unity among the regime’s Chavista base.
By David L. Goldwyn, Andrea Clabough
International oil companies are unlikely to make major new investments in Venezuela without greater legal and regulatory certainty.
By Anna Wieslander
If the United States intervenes to seize Greenland the future of NATO would be at stake. Such a development would be contrary to US national interests.
By Nate Swanson
Recent protests expose the Iranian government’s inability to meet the economic, social, and political demands of its people.
By Melanie Hart
Two important factors make the recent US operation in Venezuela less of a loss for China than many analysts realize.
By Jason Marczak
The United States is now forced to depend on the remnants of the Maduro regime for the next stage in the mission.
By Justina Budginaite-Froehly
If Europe wants to ensure that no one can do to Greenland what the United States did in Venezuela, then it must stop relying on rules alone.
The Trump administration has a unique opportunity to reimagine the contours of US hemispheric defense for years to come.
By John E. Herbst
The Kremlin’s muted response to the Venezuelan strongman’s ouster reveals a Russia limited in its capabilities and constrained in its diplomatic leverage.
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