Venezuela
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The Specter of Interventionism is Haunting Latin America
A series of coordinated moves - OAS decisions, UN debates, declarations to the press by senior U.S. officials, and the revival of the Rio Treaty - are building a narrative towards…
The Rio Treaty: Paving the Way for Military Intervention in Venezuela?
Renewed focus on the presence of terrorist groups in Venezuela, and the Maduro regime’s involvement with such groups, suggest that the ground is being paved for a potential military…
National Security at the United Nations This Week
The Security Council fails to condemn Turkey for its operation in northern Syria, a troubled 15-year UN mission in Haiti comes to an end, Maduro's Venezuela gets a seat on the…
National Security at the United Nations This Week
UNGA gets underway amid climate protests, Iran-U.S. tensions, the conspicuous absences of Xi and Putin, and domestic political trouble for President Trump.
Internationalizing the Monroe Doctrine: From Venezuela to Golan Heights and Back Around
The intended and unintended consequences of restructuring global order into spheres of geolegal power.
U.S. Denial of Safe Harbor Compounds Venezuela’s Crisis
Even as U.S. President Donald Trump threatens military force to achieve the regime change he’s calling for in Venezuela, his administration has accelerated deportations from…
National Security at the United Nations This Week
A national conference on the future of Libya on the horizon, the US assumes the presidency of the Conference on Disarmament, UN criticism of U.S. sanctions on Venezuela, the UN…
National Security at the United Nations This Week
The UN inquiry on 2018 Gaza protests is out; the ICJ tells the UK to relinquish the Chagos Islands; the Security Council rejects competing Venezuela resolutions; the UN will investigate…
National Security at the United Nations This Week
At the UN this week: ISIL remains a global threat, the US and Russia draft rival Security Council resolutions on Venezuela, the UN welcomes a new peace accord in the Central African…
National Security at the United Nations This Week
This week in UN news: a spate of attacks on UN peacekeepers in Mali, a tense Security Council session on the situation in Venezuela, and UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial,…
A Dangerous Bet on Recognition in Venezuela
Tess Bridgeman, former National Security Council Deputy Legal Adviser, breaks down the political and legal risks that flow from formal legal recognition of Guaidó in Venezuela.