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From Greenland memes to Davos triumphalism, Donald Trump’s latest social media blitz blends provocation, satire, and political brinkmanship. As the President Trump reflects on a turbulent year with viral imagery and hints at unprecedented ambitions, the line between spectacle and serious intent continues to blur.

A new analysis applies game theory to Martin Luther King Jr.’s strategy of disciplined nonviolence, arguing it was a deliberate effort to escape destructive social “equilibria” like the Prisoner’s Dilemma—and explores how the same framework helps explain today’s affordability crisis in housing, health care, and food.

At the crossroads of the Americas, Venezuela’s geography and vast mineral reserves amplify its strategic importance