Global Outlook

The United States military intervention in Venezuela, culminating in the capture of Nicolás Maduro on 3 January 2026, has been framed in starkly different ways.

The ‘Trump Corollary’ is imperialist in conception and interventionist in practice

It is a well-known fact that Japan, Taiwan, and Western nations are increasingly concerned about the rapid political, economic, and military rise of China—its attainment of ‘great power status’—which heightens security risks, particularly the prospect of a Taiwan contingency.

Rarely do analyses on wars consider the environment; it is presumed to be a ‘silent victim’, an unavoidable collateral of the human condition that is essentially conflictual.

The 2025 Pacific Peoples’ Mission to New Caledonia reveals deepening injustices and insecurities in Kanaky New Caledonia.

On December 4, the Trump administration released its 2025 National Security Strategy, the document articulating America's approach to global security.