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Experts at oil & weapons-funded think tank: 'Go big' in Venezuela

By Nick Cleveland-Stout on Dec 22, 2025 12:05 am
Featured Image As the U.S. threatens to take “oil, land and other assets” from Venezuela, staffers at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a think tank funded in part by defense contractors and oil companies, are eager to help make the public case for regime change and investment. “The U.S. should go big” in Venezuela, write CSIS experts Ryan Berg and Kimberly Breier.
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Ukraine's own pragmatism demands 'armed un-alignment'

By Jennifer Kavanagh on Dec 22, 2025 12:05 am
Featured Image Eleven months after returning to the White House, the Trump administration believes it has finally found a way to resolve the four-year old war in Ukraine. Its formula is seemingly simple: land for security guarantees.
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As expected, Netanyahu back demanding more war with Iran

By Trita Parsi on Dec 21, 2025 10:52 am
Featured Image NBC News reports that Netanyahu’s key ask in his upcoming Dec 29 meeting with Trump is to convince the US to join Israel in restarting war with Iran.
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Marines know we don't kill unarmed survivors for a reason

By James R. Webb on Dec 18, 2025 12:05 am
Featured Image As the Trump Administration continues to kill so-called Venezuelan "narco terrorists" through "non-international armed conflict" (whatever that means), it is clear it is doing so without Congressional authorization and in defiance of international law.
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House unable to halt Venezuela war march

By Stavroula Pabst on Dec 17, 2025 07:23 pm
Featured Image Tonight the House of Representatives failed to pass a resolution to prevent the use of unauthorized military force against Venezuela, amid escalating hostilities against it.
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Trump's Venezuela oil obsession doesn't make sense

By Karthik Sankaran on Dec 17, 2025 10:31 am
Featured Image In a post yesterday evening, President Trump announced not only a complete blockade of Venezuela but also insisted that the country return “oil, land, and other assets they previously stole from us.”
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