The revitalisation of great power competition – between the U.S. and China and between the U.S. and Russia – further complicates Europe’s challenge. As the alliance with Washington frays, Beijing and Moscow sense opportunity. ..…
Maduro has received backing from China, Russia, Syria and Turkey, as well as longtime allies Cuba and Bolivia. . In Washington, Republican Senator Marco Rubio, considered a key architect of the US policy on Venezuela, played down the possibility of a military intervention despite his and..…
Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, and Peru all followed suit within two hours of Washington move. ... Iran, Russia, China, Turkey, and other states backed Maduro, who received 67.8 percent of the vote in the presidential election last year. . ...…
57. . 29 Keith Johnson, “The Meltdown of the Global Order,” Foreign Policy, July 23, 2015, available at
With People's Republic of China emerging Washington and its allies London and Paris are quite concerned over the possibility of losing out to PRC as it relates to economic cooperation.. ..…