When power overrides law: the world after the U.S. forcible seizure of Maduro

The U.S. forcible seizure of Venezuela’s President Maduro has sent shockwaves across the world. Is this abuse of unilateral power becoming a go-to tool for the United States? Are we witnessing the return of a “might makes right” logic in international affairs? And what kind of world order may emerge from this?

Indeed, the U.S. operation against Venezuela is a profound geopolitical shock. It has revealed deep fractures in international norms, heightened sovereignty anxieties, and catalyzed debate about global order. Many states — especially in Latin America, Africa, and the Asia Pacific (Southeast Asia)- see this as a dangerous precedent undermining the UN system. Meanwhile, questions of energy, security, and power projection, openly acknowledged, indicate a U.S. strategic mindset centered on direct assertion of interests. This could accelerate multipolar alignments but also geopolitical competition, challenging traditional frameworks of global governance and collective security.

Host Ge Anna is joined by Anna Rosario Malindog-Uy, Director and Vice President for External Affairs, Asian Century Philippines Strategic Studies Institute; Cao Ting, Director of the Center for Latin American Studies of Fudan University; and Josef Mahoney, Professor of Politics and International Relations at East China Normal University.

Source: CGTN
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