More than two decades ago, on January 24, 2004, I landed in Baghdad as a legal adviser, assigned an office in what was then known as the Green Zone. It was raining and cold, and my duffle bag was ...

Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro has survived U.S. sanctions, economic meltdown and widespread protests. Now he faces a U.S. armada off his country's coast, so how does he hang on to power?

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The arrival near Latin America of the US Navy’s “most lethal combat platform” has put the spotlight on a fighting force that ...

Trump claims that his position as commander-in-chief gives him the authority to use military means for self-defense or ...

Maduro’s repression is escalating alongside unprecedented U.S. military activity. The situation on the ground shows two ...

The U.S. has a long and checkered history of intervening in Latin America. Here's what that may tell us about President Trump ...

Over time, sustained pressure — military, economic, and covert — could create space for internal fractures to develop and for ...

American adversaries are unlikely to help President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela fend off a concerted attack. But they have ...