Trump’s ‘strategic presidency’: Why Venezuela and Greenland are the new front lines
Published on: Jan. 9, 2026, 5:30 a.m. | Source: The Financial Express
Former Trump Export Council member Vinson Xavier Palathingal argues that the "Iraq hangover" should not paralyze U.S. foreign policy. Distinguishing between distant "nation-building" and hemispheric stability, he justifies intervention in Venezuela to contain criminalized instability and advocates for a pragmatic, history-based approach to the Arctic and Greenland.
