U.S. Military Encirclement of Venezuela: A New Attempt of Intervention?
The U.S. military mobilization near Venezuela reflects a renewed effort to pressure left-wing governments in the region. The response of…
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May resistance bring you freedom, even if it does not bring you peace
“As we were saying in our last class” was the sentence with which Gaetano Salvemini, political scientist and historian from…
Commercial Embargo on Cuba: UN General Assembly Vote Result
During the meeting of the United Nations General Assembly held on 29 October 2025, the institution with the highest degree…
It’s no faux pas, it’s ideology
In a speech to German business leaders, conservative German Chancellor Friedrich Merz made remarks that were described by the Brazilian…
Syria Revisited (II): The Chaos of Rebuilding the Syrian State
By Nicolas Zupardo Dutra and Cinthya Araújo* The Herculean Challenge of Syrian Reconstruction Although Bashar Al-Assad’s fall on December 8,…
The End of the War That Hasn’t Ended Yet
The Constructivist Analysis of the Israel-Gaza Conflict in 2025: Peace Discourse versus the Historical and Geopolitical Reality of Expansion and…
After all, are all dictatorships the same? (Part II)
In the last column… In the last column, of the same name but Part I, we discussed the reasons for…
From rapprochement to rupture: the diplomatic crisis between Washington and Caracas
By Débora Guedes Falcão and Cinthya Araújo* This column analyzes the latest developments in the relationship between the United States…
After all, are all dictatorships the same? (Part I)
The proposal In one of my first columns for DPolitik, aptly titled “Is Dictatorship Pop(?)” (references below), I briefly touched…
Syria Revisited: the external challenges of reconstruction
By Nicolas Zupardo Dutra* and Cinthya Araújo In December 2024, we published a column discussing the Syrian rebel offensive and…