The recent maritime strikes that killed people off the Venezuelan coast have prompted grave questions about whether American policymakers are treating international law as optional. 

There is a difference between boldness and lawlessness. What the Trump administration calls a campaign to choke cocaine flows and punish “narco-terrorists” in the Caribbean increasingly looks less like targeted law enforcement and more like a dangerous, unlawful escalation — one that international…

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