The world woke up not to a diplomatic crisis, but to something far cruder: the open abduction of a sitting head of state. The US operation in Caracas, which culminated in the seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, was not merely another episode in Washington’s long hostility towards Venezuela. It was a qualitative escalation. A line that had been blurred for decades was crossed openly, without embarrassment, and without even the ritual language of international legitimacy. What happened in Venezuela was not a “law enforcement operation”, nor a counter-narcotics action, nor a limited intervention. It was a declaration that power no longer feels obliged to justify itself.

There's a massive US naval fleet in the Caribbean, supposedly to fight drug cartels in Venezuela. This article argues that the "war on drugs" is just a cover story. It digs into evidence suggesting the real goal is to overthrow Venezuela's government, control its oil, and reassert American power in the region.

The placid waters of the Southern Caribbean have become the stage for a geopolitical drama of immense scale and uncertain consequence. Since August 2025, the United States has amassed a naval force of staggering proportions in the region, including the world’s largest warship, the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford. This deployment, which accounts for an astonishing 8% of America's entire global naval fleet, features guided-missile destroyers, F-35 fighter jets, MQ-9 Reaper drones, and a nuclear-powered submarine, bringing the total number of military personnel in the area to over 10,000. The official justification for this overwhelming show of force is a renewed "war on drugs", a campaign to interdict cocaine smuggling by what the Trump administration has labelled Venezuelan "narco-terrorist" cartels.

Birgün Gazetesi’nde 9 Mart 2025 Pazar günü yayınlanan, Okay Deprem imzalı “Abhazya tarihi bir kavşakta: Vaatler ile gerçek eylemler arasında” başlıklı makale, ne yazık ki Abhazya ve ülkenin siyasi dinamiklerine ilişkin ciddi yanlış bilgiler ve eksik değerlendirmeler barındırıyor. Bu nedenle, okuyucuların Abhazya’nın jeopolitik konumu ile iç siyasi yapısını doğru kavrayabilmeleri adına, ilgili makalede yer alan hatalı iddiaların arka planına dair gerçekleri ortaya koymayı ve kamuoyunu doğru bilgilendirmeyi amaçlıyoruz.

Opinion – Editorial

The Central Election Commission (CEC) of Abkhazia has announced that Badra Gunba has won the presidential runoff election, securing 54.73% of the vote. His opponent, Adgur Ardzinba, received 41.54%, according to preliminary results.

When Badra Gunba declared victory in Abkhazia’s presidential election, one Telegram channel, RESPUBLICA, put it bluntly:

"We congratulate Abkhazia on the return of Aslan Bzhania."

The wording was no accident. For many in Abkhazia, Gunba’s presidency does not represent a new chapter, but rather a continuation of Bzhania’s rule under a different name. The question is not whether Gunba will follow in Bzhania’s footsteps, but rather whether he was ever anything but Bzhania’s chosen successor.

Opinion – Editorial

Global politics is undergoing a seismic shift. The order once defined by American primacy and liberal institutionalism is unraveling, giving way to transactional alliances and unapologetic realpolitik. At the heart of this transformation lies an unlikely axis: the United States and Russia, whose détente under Trump’s second term is redrawing strategic fault lines. From Europe’s marginalisation to China’s encirclement and the Global South’s precarious balancing acts, this realignment carries profound implications. This article dissects the forces driving this new era and maps its consequences for a world in flux.