Venezuela is still a country plagued by social, economic and institutional crises.

[O]il, CITGO and the control of gold remain the key pieces on a geopolitical chessboard.

The agreements are not the EU’s problem; it is the lack of political will in its capital cities.

Who will hold out longer, Iran under a naval blockade or the world economy without 20% of its oil and gas supply?

The price of flippancy in the White House and the criminal intransigence of the Tehran regime is being paid by the Iranians who, after nearly half a century of cruel dictatorship, deserve to be free.

If the President of the United States behaves primarily as the chief negotiator for corporate America, then alliances themselves become contingent commodities.

The question Trump faces in Beijing will no longer be “whether he can strike a deal,” but rather, “what will he give up to get one.”

Among the lessons is that the international community is interconnected and interdependent due to the phenomenon of globalization.

The [U.S.] should know by now that it cannot bomb Iran back to the negotiating table.

Washington, however, is not merely a policymaking capital. It is also a highly competitive marketplace of narratives.

It goes without saying that the war against Iran will take center stage in Beijing.

As always between the cup and the lip there is many a slip.