by Rod Williams, Jan. 4, 2026- Of all of the commentary and analysis I have read and viewed regarding Trump's adventure in Venezuela, this from David Frum and Anne Applebaum, staff writers at the Atlantic, is the most insightful. They posit that President Trump's military action in Venezuela is not just an isolated incident but part of a larger move toward a multi-polar world divided into spheres of influence. Either through agreement or an unstated understanding, Russia and China, both of which have strong relations with Venezuela, will not object to the US colonization of Venezuela, and the US will not meddle in their backyard. Russia can take Ukraine, the U.S can take Venezuela, and the U. S. will be less robust in our defense of Taiwan and other Asian countries.
While Frum and Applebaum do not mention Russian philosopher Aleksandr Dugin by name, this idea of the great powers dividing the world into spheres of influence has been advanced by him. In the more intellectual MAGA circles, Aleksandr Dugan is often favorably referenced. This idea that the great powers of the world should dominate their regions and leave the other great powers to dominate their region helps explain Trump's siding with Putin in the Ukraine war and Trump's calls to annex Greenland, Canada, and Panama.
David Fraum is a former speech writer for former President George W. Bush, has been a writer at National Review, and has served on the board of several influential think tanks, including the American Enterprise Institute.
Anne Applebaum is a historian and journalist and was previously a writter for the Washington Post. Among other awards, she has won a Pulitzer Prize, for Gulag: A History, in 2004; the Cundill Prize, for Iron Curtain, in 2013; the Duff Cooper prize, for Red Famine: Stalin’s War on Ukraine, in 2003.
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