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- 05 January 2026
05 January 2026
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Today, the fate of states is being decided less through negotiations and more through balance sheets — through currencies, oil routes, and the debts of others. Venezuela, Iran, and China are no longer isolated cases; they are links in a single chain, in which sanctions increasingly serve as a prelude to military scenarios, while the so-called “nuclear threat” becomes a convenient cover for far more prosaic economic objectives.06 Jan 2026-12:44
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The collapse of power in Venezuela and the removal of Nicolás Maduro marked a watershed moment for Latin America and for the broader architecture of global power politics. For years, Venezuela had been treated as a frozen crisis — isolated, sanctioned, weakened, yet politically intact. Its sudden collapse demonstrates that the era of indefinite containment is ending. In its place emerges a far more assertive logic: when sanctions and diplomatic pressure fail to deliver results, Washington is increasingly willing to accelerate outcomes.06 Jan 2026-12:03
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Editor’s note: Moses Becker is a special political commentator for News.Az, holding a PhD in political science and specializing in interethnic and interreligious relations. The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect the position of News.Az.06 Jan 2026-10:39
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