Yanis Varoufakis discusses how, as U.S. hegemony dwindles, Trump and his international allies use the sham “Board of Peace” to attempt to maintain some grip on world power.
Hedges Report: Is the ‘New World Order’ Really New?
Category: Foreign Policy
Vijay Prashad: Greenland Is Not a Prize
The U.S. has set its sights on Greenland due to its mineral wealth and strategic location. But its people — the Kalaallit — are an afterthought in Washington’s machinations.
Is the US Board of Peace Aimed at Undermining the UN?
Trump’s “Board of Peace” is being designed as an alliance like the “coalition of the willing” that fraudulently tried to legitimize the 2003 invasion of Iraq, writes Thalif Deen.
WATCH: The World This Week, Episode 2
We break down Davos after Trump’s Greenland retreat, Mark Carney’s speech, Zelenksy berating the Europeans and Sy Hersh channeling Ukraine War myths. Meanwhile, Australia outlaws criticism of Israel. 8 pm EST tonight, Saturday.
Jeffrey Sachs: The US-Israel Hybrid War Against Iran
Understanding hybrid war tactics helps to explain why Trump’s rhetoric oscillates between threats of war and phony offers of peace.
Vijay Prashad: Hyper-Imperialism on Hyper-Drive
The U.S. bombing of Venezuela and kidnapping of its president showcased the hyper-imperialist stage of the world order. A new mood in the Global South isn’t yet a developed challenge to the collective West.
WATCH: Premiere of ‘The World This Week’
CN Live! is launching a new series, The World This Week. WATCH THE REPLAY from Saturday’s first episode with guest Patrick Lawrence on Iran, Venezuela, Ukraine and Greenland.
Mock Strategy
The Trump administration’s NSS represents the sort of hodgepodge you get when nobody oversees and coordinates the document’s drafting.
How Britain Helped Trump Destabilize Venezuela
Keir Starmer says the U.K. was “not involved” in the kidnapping of Nicolás Maduro. But Britain has been supporting regime change in Venezuela for years, John McEvoy reports.
Trump & Rubio: Cuba, Mexico, Colombia Could Be Next
Jake Johnson reports on the Progressive International declaration: “The ‘Trump corollary’ to the Monroe Doctrine is the single greatest threat to peace and prosperity that the Americas confront today.”