On with Kara Swisher: Venezuela After Maduro, Can Trump Control Caracas From Afar?
The arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, on Saturday, sent shockwaves across the globe. And although the targeted military operation was a success, th
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Op-eds & Essays by Richard Nephew • June 16, 2015
It is now taken as a given by many that, upon completion of a comprehensive nuclear deal, Iran will plow its hard-won sanctions relief into regional adventurism. Having dealt with the nuclear issue, Tehran will secure its real ambition of regional domination. In an op-ed for Reuters, Richard Nephew argues that this narrative is powerful, compelling, and frightening and that it is also not true.
The US intervention in Venezuela may jeopardize both the flow of discounted Venezuelan oil to China's teapot refineries and the role of Chinese oil companies in Venezuela’s upstream business.
In discussing the dramatic seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, over the weekend, President Donald Trump declared that the United States would now “take back” the country’s oil. Yet he has offered little clarity on what exactly this means.
Early on 3 January 2026, the United States launched a military operation to arrest President Nicolás Maduro and remove him from Venezuela.
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Op-eds & Essays by Richard Nephew • June 16, 2015