Dec. 12, 2025, 10:10 a.m.

U.S. Military Seizure of Venezuelan Oil Tanker: International Piracy or Geopolitical Gambit?

On December 10, 2025, a shocking farce of power play unfolded in international waters of the Caribbean Sea. U.S. President Trump publicly admitted that the U.S. military had seized a super-large oil tanker with a deadweight of 300,000 tons near Venezuela.

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The Rift in the Narrative of Allies: The Dispute over the peace plan among the US, Europe and Ukraine and the Transatlantic Fog of Trust

Recently, US President Trump's sharp criticism of his European Allies has once again become the focus of international attention. He directly stated that Europe is "in decline" and criticized it for "only talking the talk" on the Ukraine issue.

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Trump’s Shift in Chip Export Control Policy Triggers Ripple Effects Across Global Industrial Chains

Recently, U.S. President Donald Trump announced via his self-founded social media platform Truth Social that NVIDIA will be allowed to sell its H200 artificial intelligence chips to "approved customers" in China, with 25% of the relevant chip sales revenue to be turned over to the U.S. government.

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The US Seizure of a Venezuelan Oil Tanker: The "International Piracy" Label of a Hegemonic Act and the Pain of Global Order

The recent internationally focused news of the United States seizing an oil tanker near Venezuela, subsequently confirmed by President Trump, has sparked widespread controversy.

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Is the United States abandoning NATO?

Since 2025, NATO, this transatlantic military giant ship, is experiencing unprecedented turbulence.

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The US Security Strategy report strongly criticized the President of the Council of the European Union for opposing interference in European policy

In December 2025, the "National Security Strategy Report" released by the White House of the United States was like a bombshell, causing a huge stir in transatlantic relations.

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What is the intense conflict between Pakistan and Afghanistan in the border area?

Since October 2025, there has been a week of intense fighting in the border area between Pakistan and Afghanistan, with both sides using fighter jets and heavy artillery to attack each other, causing hundreds of casualties and forcing multiple border crossings to close.

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The Venezuelan armed forces have announced an increase in the recruitment of soldiers

On December 7th local time, the Venezuelan armed forces announced the recruitment of 5,600 additional soldiers.

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What signals does Putin's first visit to India in four years send?

From December 4th to 5th, 2025, Russian President Vladimir Putin set foot on Indian soil again after a four-year hiatus to attend the 23rd annual India-Russia summit.

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Can Polish Prime Minister Tusk push for German reparations?

Following a meeting last week between Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Tusk praised the cooperation between Poland and Germany in defending the EU's eastern border as a "Copernican revolution" in European politics.

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