Olivier Costa

The US intervention in Venezuela took experts and editorialists by surprise, once again revealing the media’s tendency toward Manichaeism when confronted with international crises. Between humanitarian justification and denunciation of a coup, positions clash reflexively. Yet this binary debate masks a far more complex reality. Rejecting simplifications does not mean excusing Maduro, nor absolving Trump. Above all, at a time when imperial logics are openly asserted, it is the role and...

L’intervention américaine au Venezuela a pris de court experts et éditorialistes, révélant une nouvelle fois la tentation du manichéisme médiatique face aux crises internationales. Entre justification humanitaire et dénonciation d’un coup de force, les positions s’affrontent de manière réflexe. Ce débat binaire masque pourtant une réalité plus complexe. Refuser les simplifications ne revient ni à excuser Maduro ni à absoudre Trump. Surtout, à l’heure des logiques impériales assumées, c’est le...

On 12 October 2025, I participated online to a forum titled: « Political Parties Driven: The Global South and Enabling Governance ». The event was jointly organized by Wenhui Daily of the Shanghai United Media Group, the Center for Party Building and Social Development Studies at Shanghai University, and the university’s School of Marxism. It forms part of the "Wenhui Forum" series aimed at fostering cross-civilizational dialogue and advancing comparative research on governance in the Global...