Greenland, Venezuela and the ‘Donroe doctrine’

By Jonathan Este, Senior International Affairs Editor, Associate Editor, The Conversation

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Watching Donald Trump and his defence and national security team announcing the US raid on Caracas on Saturday, it was hard not to conclude that while the US president was clearly using a script, there were points at which he seemed to be extemporising. At times he appeared…

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