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On this edition of Parallax Views, Christopher Mott of the Institute for Peace and Diplomacy joins the show to break down the Trump administration’s alleged abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, the escalating fears of war with Venezuela, and what these developments signal for U.S. foreign policy in Latin America. Could Washington and Caracas be drifting toward open conflict, or is something even bigger underway beneath the surface?

As the conversation unfolds, the focus widens to the changing nature of the global geopolitical order itself. Mott argues that the liberal, international rules-based order is rapidly eroding and being replaced by a multipolar world defined by spheres of influence—neither a utopia nor an apocalypse, but a reality that demands clear-eyed