Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Situation Report. Rishi is still on vacation, so Sam Skove has once again stepped in to co-pilot another edition.
Alright, here’s what’s on tap for the day: the U.S. military’s ongoing operations in Latin America, the State Department’s push to Make Europe Great Again, and why the energy crisis could persist even if there’s an Iran peace deal.
Wednesday marked five months since the U.S. military raid that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. A lot has happened across the globe since then, including the outbreak of the Iran war. But U.S. President Donald Trump has not moved on from the Western Hemisphere by any means.
He has maintained a sizable U.S. military presence in the region, and it’s not just there for show.
Here’s what’s happening in the Western Hemisphere, where the Trump administration has vowed to assert U.S. dominance as part of the “Donroe Doctrine.”
