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Ven and the art of hemispheric maintenance: America’s national-security posture - The Intelligence from The Economist

Ven and the art of hemispheric maintenance: America’s national-security posture - The Intelligence from The Economist

Update: 2025-12-11
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America’s seizure of a Venezuelan oil tanker fits with the stated goals in its new national-security strategy: untrammelled hemispheric dominance. How much of the document is polemic and how much will become policy? The long-run costs of the work-from-home revolution are becoming apparent in many American cities. And the one region where Pepsi is the cola of choice.


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Ven and the art of hemispheric maintenance: America’s national-security posture - The Intelligence from The Economist

Ven and the art of hemispheric maintenance: America’s national-security posture - The Intelligence from The Economist