Disproportionate Force, Hidden Motives The Trump administration has now conducted 10 known strikes on boats off the ...

A wannabe emperor goes in search of an empire. William M. LeoGrande and Peter Kornbluh Any day now, a US Navy strike force, ...

The White House cites drug enforcement, but analysts say the military buildup just off the coast of Venezuela recalls a return to gunboat diplomacy.

The U.S. is continuing to blow up boats in the Caribbean and the Pacific despite growing international condemnation, while the Trump administration reportedly considers launching airstrikes on ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Close to 200 years after first being used to assert geopolitical dominance, gunboat ...

Over the summer, the United States deployed warships to the Caribbean – ostensibly to menace drug traffickers but also as a none-too-subtle warning to Venezuela. Earlier in the year, a U.S. Navy ...