OP-ED. For the first time, a US president has openly claimed to have kept Congress in the dark about his decision out of an admitted disregard for the legislative branch, notes Hugo Toudic, a specialist in the Enlightenment and American political thought, in this op-ed for Le Monde.

OP-ED. Historian Florian Louis traces the origins and shifts of the Monroe Doctrine which, until the arrest of the Venezuelan leader, rested on the idea that Europe and the US…

Last week’s events in Caracas come in a long line of American interventions. The White House has awesome power and is never shy of using it, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

OP-ED. With recent events in Venezuela, Donald Trump has revived a brutal US imperialism in Latin America, observe historian Olivier Compagnon and sociologist Franck Poupeau.

“They were clearly unimpressed by the sort of ethereal magical realism of the opposition,” said David Smilde, a Tulane University professor.

OP-ED. For the first time, a US president has openly claimed to have kept Congress in the dark about his decision out of an admitted disregard for the legislative branch, notes…