After Venezuela, is the world order shifting from diplomacy towards aggression?

By Sacha Pfeiffer

Published January 11, 2026 at 8:05 AM EST

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Peter Krause of Boston College about the Trump Administration's willingness to act unilaterally against other countries and what this means for international relations.

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