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The United States military launched ‘Operation Absolute Resolve’ on January 3 to capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Donald Trump later declared that the US will now ‘run’ Venezuela. However, he has not stopped at that.
The US president has renewed threats against Cuba and Panama, and has reiterated his ambition for Greenland. Experts worry that this could encourage superpowers to assert power over their own spheres. The spheres of influence are back, they say.
The phrase was referenced during the signing of the General Act of Berlin in 1885, which formalised a plan to carve up Africa. It is once again in the spotlight as the world is now in the throes of three superpowers: the US, Russia, and China.
Let us take a look at the concept of spheres of influence in current times.
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