| Venezuela crisis: In Latin America, tough Trump rhetoric increasingly in vogue Posted: 05 Oct 2018 01:49 PM PDT ![Venezuela crisis: In Latin America, tough Trump rhetoric increasingly in vogue]( "Venezuela crisis: In Latin America, tough Trump rhetoric increasingly in vogue") Vice President Mike Pence knows first-hand about the shift among South American countries to a more interventionist approach to Venezuela's economic collapse and deepening – and spreading – humanitarian crisis. Far less clear, some regional experts say, is whether a tougher stance toward Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro gives Latin American countries any leverage to force changes in their collapsing neighbor. A year ago when Mr. Pence stopped off in Bogotá as part of a swing through the region, his hint that the United States included military force among its "many options" for addressing Venezuela's "tragedy of tyranny" met with a stern retort from then-Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos.
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| In global disputes, political calculus is bumping into economic reality Posted: 05 Oct 2018 10:59 AM PDT ![In global disputes, political calculus is bumping into economic reality]( "In global disputes, political calculus is bumping into economic reality") Whether you're in Washington or Ottawa, Rome, Ankara or Beijing, you're getting new reasons to question an old assumption: that world affairs are essentially a matter of world politics, and what political leaders say and do. Almost with each passing day, we are now seeing evidence of leaders engaged in a delicate calculus, having to balance their political agendas against a common limiting force: hard economic reality. Recommended: Test Your KnowledgeCould you pass a US citizenship test?
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| Dashing myths about wartime rape Posted: 05 Oct 2018 07:17 AM PDT ![Dashing myths about wartime rape]( "Dashing myths about wartime rape") For 74 years, a nuclear weapon has not been used in war. Chemical weapons, once readily deployed in early-20th-century wars, are now rarely used. It is now time to curb – with an expectation to end – another "weapon" that also targets innocent civilians in a conflict: mass rape.
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| As Russia courts India, help from a surprising corner: US sanctions Posted: 04 Oct 2018 12:59 PM PDT ![As Russia courts India, help from a surprising corner: US sanctions]( "As Russia courts India, help from a surprising corner: US sanctions") Amid today's galloping global disorder, questions about one of Asia's most important emerging powers, India, and where it fits into today's rapidly shifting geopolitical equations, seem to be getting short shrift. Just last month Washington slapped tough "secondary sanctions" on China for purchasing Russian S-400 air defense systems and fighter planes.
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