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Foreign Policy
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Althouse
"The Iranian regime, to be clear, deserves no sympathy. It has wrought misery since its revolution 47 years ago — on its own people, on its neighbors…"
By Ann Althouse
"... and around the world. It massacred thousands of protesters this year. It imprisons and executes political dissidents. It oppresses women, L.G.B.T.Q. people and religious minorities. Its leaders have impoverished…
Verfassungsblog
We Own It, So We Can Break It
Standing next to Volodymyr Zelensky days before the Nicolás Maduro extraction, Donald Trump asserted, “we’re protected by a thing called the Atlantic Ocean.” His statement sounded at once naïve and…
EJIL: Talk!
The Dismantling of UN Peace Operations under the Trump Administration
By Salman Khan
Those who had hoped for a more auspicious start to the new year for multilateralism were quickly disillusioned by recent developments concerning Venezuela, Greenland and beyond. Simultaneously, the United States…
JURIST
Nicaragua removes visa-free entry for Cubans amid US pressure
Nicaragua ended visa-free travel for Cuban citizens on Sunday, cutting off a previous pathway for Cubans seeking to enter the US. The order requires Cuban citizens to now carry more…
El Juego de la Suprema Corte • Blog de la revista Nexos
Hablemos de reordenamientos globales
La intervención de Estados Unidos en Venezuela marca un quiebre abierto con el derecho internacional y revela la imposición de una nueva hegemonía regional basada en la fuerza y la…
In Custodia Legis
An Interview with Sara Tolić, Foreign Law Intern
By Jenny Gesley
Today’s interview is with Sara Tolić, a foreign law intern working with Foreign Law Specialist Jenny Gesley in the Global Legal Research Directorate of the Law Library of Congress. Describe your background. I was born in…
Verfassungsblog
“Hypocrisy Implies a Moral Code”
By Sophie Duroy
The January 3, 2026, operation targeting Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was, by most operational accounts, a success. Yet, what is striking is less the raid’s outcome than how it was…
Sanctions & Export Controls Update
President Trump Signs Executive Order Prohibiting Judicial Proceedings Against Venezuelan Oil Revenues Held in US Treasury “Foreign Government Deposit Funds”
By Alison J. Stafford Powell (US), Michael Amberg (UK), Maria Eugenia Salazar-Furiati (Venezuela), L Andrew Riccio (US), William Logsdon (US)
On Friday, January 9, 2026, US President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order (“EO”) to exempt Venezuelan oil revenues and funds derived from diluent sales held in US Treasury accounts/funds…
JURIST
Trump blocks judicial processes against Venezuelan oil revenue
By Lowri Thomas | New York U. School Of Law, US
President Trump issued an executive order Saturday to block judicial processes from being instituted against Venezuelan oil funds held in the US, on the basis that it would “materially harm…
Verfassungsblog
Retreating from Internationalism
On January 7, President Trump issued a memorandum, “Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States.” The memorandum…