Its neighbours have been largely silent or supportive of the US raid that captured Maduro, but the impact of that raid will be felt far beyond South America.
Unlike the Cold War standoff with the erstwhile Soviet Union, today’s US-China competition is constrained by shared production networks, mutual dependence, and the high costs of economic separation.
For India, from universal suffrage to space research, progress has often begun as a gamble. In the new age of tariffs and tech rivalry, research suggests that the appetite for experimentation could be its key strategic asset.