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Making sense of the US military operation in Venezuela
US President Donald Trump (2R) looks on as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine (2L) speaks to the press following US military actions in Venezuela, at Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, on January 3, 2026.
Venezuela Making sense of the US military operation in Venezuela

Scott R. Anderson, Alex Brockwehl, Marcela Escobari, Vanda Felbab-Brown, Samantha Gross, Michael E. O’Hanlon, Ted Piccone, Elizabeth N. Saunders, Caitlin Talmadge, David G. Victor, Valerie Wirtschafter, Kelebogile Zvobgo

January 5, 2026

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Melanie Sisson
Melanie W. Sisson Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology

General (ret.) Lori Robinson
Lori Robinson Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology

Elizabeth N. Saunders
Elizabeth N. Saunders Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology

Lynn Kuok Lee Kuan Yew Chair in Southeast Asia Studies, Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Asia Policy Studies
Jonathan Katz
Jonathan Katz Fellow - Governance Studies, Anti-Corruption, Democracy, and Security (ACDS)
Daniel S. Hamilton
Daniel S. Hamilton Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe

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