From Latin America to the Arctic

From Caracas to the Arctic: How America Is Rewriting Its Playbook

COLOMBO – I arrived in Sri Lanka more than a month after a devastating cyclone that claimed many lives. Despite the loss, the administration had moved quickly to restart the country. The airport was overwhelmed—tourists flooding in, corridors clogged. On the drive into Colombo, my Uber driver spoke with unexpected optimism, praising the government’s resilience amid continuing economic hardship. Curious, I asked about Donald Trump and the recent …

From Latin America to the Arctic

Is the United States engaging in retrenchment or a new form of hegemony? Venezuela and Greenland are not separate stories but a single thread. A more transactional, more emotional and more coercion-oriented U.S. is taking shape.