↑ International Relations Gunboat Diplomacy Is Back. What Could Go Wrong? - The high cost of forgetting what world war is really like.The Venezuela I Know - Many are celebrating the ouster of a brutal dictator, but the Maduro regime may survive the loss of Maduro.For Mamdani, a Break With the President Just Three Days Into His New Job - New York City’s newly elected mayor planned to spend Saturday announcing a pedestrian safety plan. Then President Trump brought a captured foreign leader to his doorstep.A Pardon and a Prosecution in New York Show Trump’s Personal Geopolitics - The facts in the cases of Nicolás Maduro and Juan Orlando Hernández are strikingly similar. The men’s fates are not.China’s Russian Town Has Log Cabins and Cyrillic Signs, but No Russians - Enhe was once home to thousands of ethnic Russians. Under Xi Jinping’s push for ethnic unity, little remains beyond nostalgia and props for tourists.How a New York Times Reporter Got a Phone Interview With Trump After Maduro’s Capture - How did a New York Times reporter reach the president right after he announced that the United States had captured Venezuela’s leader?To Trump, on Venezuela: You Break It, You Own It - His administration just decapitated the country’s leadership; he’s now responsible for what comes next there.Trump Celebrates Capture of Nicolas Maduro in New York Times Phone Interview - In a call with The New York Times, President Trump called the U.S. operation in Venezuela “brilliant" but did not address whether he had consulted Congress.Trump Celebrates Capture of Nicolas Maduro in New York Times Phone Interview - In a call with The New York Times, President Trump called the U.S. operation in Venezuela “brilliant" but did not address whether he had consulted Congress.Explosions Reported in Venezuela’s Capital - It was not immediately clear what caused the blasts. The United States has been building pressure on Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s authoritarian president, for months.