#military-intervention

#military-intervention

"We live in a world in which you can talk all you want about international niceties and everything else," Miller said. "But we live in a world, in the real world, that is governed by strength, that is governed by force, that is governed by power." "These are the iron laws of the world that existed since the beginning of time."

Force doesn't equal legitimacy By declaring its intent to govern Venezuela, the United States is creating a governance trap of its own making - one in which external force is mistakenly treated as a substitute for domestic legitimacy. I write as a scholar of international security, civil wars and U.S. foreign policy, and as author of " Dying by the Sword," which examines why states repeatedly reach for military solutions, and why such interventions rarely produce durable peace.

We're going to have a presence in Venezuela as it pertains to oil,

The South American country is not Ukraine, nor, for that matter, is it Afghanistan, Iraq, or Libya. But by ordering military strikes to seize dictator Nicolas Maduro, Trump has thrown a country of around 28 million people into uncertainty and tossed aside the most obvious, hard-won lesson of decades of US foreign policy failures: regime-change wars are easy to start and hard to win, much less to turn into anything resembling genuine success.

He has refused to rule out using military force to take control of Greenland and repeatedly floated the idea of making Canada the 51st state. He threatened to seize the Panama canal. He has imposed swingeing tariffs on key partners, and says he might abandon the Canada-Mexico trade pact signed in his first term. He has meddled outrageously in elections in Honduras and Argentina, and sought to interfere with Brazilian justice.

Hi everybody, Ian Bremmer here in Mexico City, a little bit closer to where the action appears to be heading: the United States and Venezuela. Basically, President Trump is talking about regime change, giving an ultimatum to dictator Nicolas Maduroleave with your family to safety, or else you will be removed, Bremmer began, adding: That is you know, been stepping up now with America's naval capabilities arrayed in addition to 15,000 troops around Venezuela, off the coast.

Despite the vast knowledge, technology, and unprecedented global connectivity we enjoy today, war remains a persistent issue. Yes, even now in the 21st century, many nations continue to grapple with frequent bloodshed. The reasons for such conflicts are complex, encompassing things like economic interests, cultural differences, historical disputes, political challenges, and more. Conventional wisdom would suggest that democracies are less warlike than authoritarian regimes.

Nepal is yet to find a new leader after days of intense youth-fronted, anti-government protests led to the resignation of Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli earlier this week. The unrest, which saw demonstrators torching even parliament, government and presidential offices, has plunged the impoverished South Asian nation into fresh turmoil. It also raised fears of a political and constitutional vacuum, with many Nepalis now wondering who is in charge of the country.

Israel's airstrikes on Damascus have been justified as measures to protect the Druze minority. The ongoing cross-border tensions are escalating regional instability.

The conclusion many states may now draw is that complying with the NPT is no longer a guarantee of nuclear security.

Joe Kernen challenges Senator Rand Paul on his criticisms of Trump’s actions in Iran, suggesting that isolationist views might argue for diplomacy over military actions.