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 ...

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

"Attempting to reorganize the world around spheres of influence is a recipe for disaster. Trump’s Venezuela intervention has ...

The “spheres of influence” frame doesn’t fit. Trump isn’t carving up the world with rival powers, each staying in their lane.

Since well before President Donald Trump’s second term, the idea that the world should have three spheres of influence—an ...