The “spheres of influence” frame doesn’t fit. Trump isn’t carving up the world with rival powers, each staying in their lane.
"Attempting to reorganize the world around spheres of influence is a recipe for disaster. Trump’s Venezuela intervention has ...
Outside polling stations guarded by armed police, an upbeat music video urging people to take part in the election plays on repeat. But there’s little enthusiasm for the vote in Yangon, one of Myanmar ...
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Trump's sphere of influence quest is sloppy, self-sabotage

Great powers have historically sought regional sway but the president's Venezuela and Greenland gambits risk anything but ...
China will need to reassess its investment in Venezuela and its understanding of US foreign policy under Trump.
Carving out a sphere of influence or creating geopolitical confrontation will not make a country safer, still less bring ...
As great powers retreat from multilateralism and redraw their spheres of influence, the United Nations is no longer shaping ...