Tag: geopolitical intrigue

• Bonus Episode: How Is Trump Planning to ‘Run’ Venezuela? (With Anne Applebaum) | The David Frum Show

  January 4, 2026

  David Frum is joined by The Atlantic’s Anne Applebaum to react to the news of the American raid and capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, in a special episode of… more ›

• The Elusive Figure Running Wagner’s Embattled Empire of Gold and Diamonds – WSJ

  December 17, 2025

  Following Prigozhin’s death, business school grad Dmitry Sytii is working to preserve the group’s multibillion-dollar African operations https://www.wsj.com/world/africa/wagner-africa-sytii-prigozhin-gold-12a45769#comments_sector more ›

• Three crazy theories of who blew up the Nord Stream pipelines | Pinch Point

  November 11, 2025

  The arrest of a Ukrainian man in Italy has reignited speculation in an unsolved geopolitical crime drama: Who blew up Europe’s main gas line in 2022, and why? The shocking… more ›