When power overrides law: the world after the U.S. forcible seizure of Maduro

当权力凌驾于法律之上:美国武力夺取马杜罗政权后的世界

World Today

2026-01-09

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The U.S. forcible seizure of Venezuela’s President Maduro has sent shockwaves across the world. Is this abuse of unilateral power becoming a go-to tool for the United States? Are we witnessing the return of a “might makes right” logic in international affairs? And what kind of world order may emerge from this? Host Ge Anna is joined by Anna Rosario Malindog-Uy, Director and Vice President for External Affairs, Asian Century Philippines Strategic Studies Institute; Cao Ting, Director of the Center for Latin American Studies of Fudan University; and Josef Mahoney, Professor of Politics and International Relations at East China Normal University.
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  • Daily news and analysis, we keep you informed and inspired.

  • This is World Today.

  • One week into 2026, the year has begun with no less uncertainty.

  • The U.S.

  • first possible seizure of Venezuela's President Maduro has sent shockwaves across the world.

  • Our awareness in a turning point, and what kind of world order may emerge from this.

  • Welcome to Road Today, the Pano discussion with Miko Anna in Beijing.

  • It's been about a week

  • since Venezuela president Nicolas Maduro and his wife were forcefully seized by U.S.

  • forces,

  • an account that has rapidly reverberated across global media and sparked intense debate far beyond Latin America.

  • People around the world are asking fundamental questions.

  • Is this abuse of unilateral power becoming a go-to tool for the United States?

  • Erwin is in the return of a might-makes-right logic in international affairs,

  • and does this point to a 21st-century revival of the Monroe Doctrine,

  • while enforced not by diplomacy, but by force.

  • To explore these questions, we're joined by Ana Rosario Malindog Oi,

  • director and vice president for external affairs at Asian Century Philippines Strategic Studies Institute,

  • Cao Ting, director of Center for Latin American Studies of Fudan University,

  • Joseph Mahoney, professor of politics and international relations at East China Normal University.