#nation-building

#nation-building

They always say, boots on the ground.' We're not afraid of boots on the ground, he said. The president said troops may be used to make sure Venezuela is run properly. Trump also told The New York Post that if Maduro's vice president, Delcy Rodriguez, does what the U.S. wants then there will not be boots on the ground. Rodriguez is part of an administration the U.S. does not recognize as legitimate, with Maduro's election victory long being challenged by governments.

Canada's prime minister Mark Carney likes to say that when he was young, we used to build big things in this country, and we used to build them quickly. That idea of sprawling projects that transform nations, has influenced both his narrative as an economist-turned politician and his government's multibillion dollar investment spree. It's time to get back at it, and get on with it, he said in September.

The role of the 'Investiture Contest'...is important in a number of seemingly paradoxical ways. The crucial formative interventions in imperial dynamics highlight how conflict shaped identity.