Great powers have historically sought regional sway but the president's Venezuela and Greenland gambits risk anything but ...

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 ...

Trump’s approach, whatever its rhetorical excesses, acknowledges what every serious student of international relations understands: Great powers have legitimate security interests in their near abroad ...

President Trump’s recent actions and statements suggest he might want an arrangement where the United States, China and Russia each dominate their sphere of influence. By Edward Wong Edward Wong ...

Sarang Shidore, director of the Global South Program at the Quincy Institute, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss whether a return to great power spheres of influence is practical in the twenty ...