Power, Legitimacy and Intervention: The Maduro Case
Power, Legitimacy and Intervention: The Maduro Case An Interview with İbrahim Selvi Ocak 04.2026 21:58 Kapadokya/Türkiye Q: How do you assess the intervention against Nicolás Maduro? İbrahim Selvi: The intervention did not occur because Maduro was weak. It occurred because he misused power. He isolated his government from social sensitivity, dismantled political balance, and severed the circulation of legitimacy. Power that loses balance eventually becomes exposed, regardless of how strong it appears militarily. Q: Many argue that this intervention violates international law. How do you respond? İbrahim Selvi: Law has never been written ahead of history. It is always produced after crises. International law itself was born from wars and destruction. What we are witnessing today is not lawlessness, but the inadequacy of outdated legal frameworks to regulate a rapidly changing global reality. Q: What role should the United Nations have played? İbrahim Selvi: Ideally, this shou...