President Trump is taking a victory lap for brokering peace in Gaza—while simultaneously escalating the U.S. proxy war in Ukraine and launching airstrikes against suspected cartel boats. Our panel assesses Trump’s Nobel ambitions, celebrates this year’s actual Peace Prize winner, Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado. Justin Logan, "<a href="https://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/2023-02/justin-logan-defense-priorities-9-30-20.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Case for Withdrawing from the Middle East</a>," Defense Priorities, September 2020.Ian Vasquez, “<a href="https://www.cato.org/blog/maria-corina-machado-venezuelan-champion-freedom-wins-nobel-peace-prize" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Maria Corina Machado, Venezuelan Champion of Freedom, Wins the Nobel Peace Prize</a>,” Cato at Liberty blog, October 10, 2025.Ian Vasquez and Marcos Falcone, “<a href="https://www.cato.org/free-society/fall-2025/liberty-versus-power-mileis-argentina" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Liberty Versus Power in Milei’s Argentina,</a>” Free Society, October, 2025.<hr /> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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