When International Law Breaks: Venezuela and U.S. Power

About this episode

The episode examines the treatment of the forcible seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by Western media and its implications for international law.

What would happen if Russia or China abducted the sitting president of the United States? Emergency U.N. sessions. Sanctions. Threats of war. In this episode of Behind The Headlines, Mnar Adley examines why the forcible seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is being treated by Western media as a political development rather than a grave breach of international law. The episode breaks down U.S. sanctions policy, media narratives, historical precedents, and the broader geopolitical cam...

People in this episode

Host: Mnar Adley

Topics covered

• international law
• Venezuela
• U.S. power
• sanctions
• media narratives
• geopolitics

Keywords

• Nicolás Maduro
• U.N. sessions
• political development
• historical precedents

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Books & works: Behind The Headlines

Places: Venezuela, U.S., Russia, China, the United States

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