Six steps the world needs to take right now about the US and Venezuela: Jeffrey Sachs

[speech given to the United Nations security council on 5 January 2026] . Mr. President, distinguished members of the Security Council, the issue before the council today is not the character of the government of Venezuela. The issue is whether any member state by force, coercion, or economic strangulation has the right to determine Venezuela's…

January 6, 20260Comments ByJeffrey Sachs

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The US National Security Strategy positions country for global thuggery

The president’s latest National Security Strategy memorandum treats the freedom to coerce others as the essence of US sovereignty, writes Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs. It is an ominous document that will—if allowed to stand—come back to haunt the United States. THE 2025 NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY (NSS) recently released by President Donald Trump presents itself as a blueprint…

December 11, 20250Comments ByJeffrey Sachs

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Forget the mainstream narrative, understand what’s really happening: Sachs

Professor Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University sent shockwaves through European politics when he urged the region's leaders to realize some harsh truths. Russia is your neighbor, not America. China is not your enemy, it's your trading partner. Europeans need to stop being a tool of US foreign policy and stand up for themselves, he said.…

February 27, 20250Comments ByJeffrey Sachs

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Time to admit that the war machine drives US foreign policy

The tension in Taiwan, the disaster in Ukraine, and what has credibly been described as genocide in Gaza, can all be tracked back to the fact that the US president refuses to rein in the profiteering war machine, says Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs. WHEN IT COMES to foreign policy, the president of the United States…

January 19, 20240Comments ByJeffrey Sachs

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Six steps the world needs to take right now about the US and Venezuela: Jeffrey Sachs

The US National Security Strategy positions country for global thuggery

Forget the mainstream narrative, understand what’s really happening: Sachs

Time to admit that the war machine drives US foreign policy

Truth trumps fiction, as Donald trumps expectations

The U.S. openly threatens judges around the world: sorry, but you just can’t do that

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