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Death of the liberal international order

Kwan Wei Kevin Tan
Kwan Wei Kevin Tan • 11 min read
Death of the liberal international order
On Jan 3, the US launched a military strike on Venezuela and captured the country’s president Nicolás Maduro and his wife. They are now facing charges for drug trafficking. Photo: Bloomberg
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Post-Venezuela, the rest of the world is compelled to think harder by US ‘peacemaker in chief’ Donald Trump

When President Donald Trump was sworn into his second term on Jan 20, 2025, he pledged to bring peace, not war, to the US.

“We will measure our success not only by the battles we win but also by the wars that we end — and perhaps most importantly, the wars we never get into,” Trump says in his second inaugural address. “My proudest legacy will be that of a peacemaker and unifier. That’s what I want to be: a peacemaker and a unifier.”

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