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Jennifer
Kavanagh

Senior Fellow & Director of Military Analysis

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Daniel
DePetris

Fellow

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Benjamin
Friedman

Policy Director

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Christopher
McCallion

Fellow

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Alexander
Downes

Non-Resident Fellow

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Daniel
Davis

Senior Fellow & Military Expert

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In the mediaCuba, Venezuela, Western Hemisphere

In Cuba, is Trump seeking ouster of Communist leaders, or of China’s presence?

Featuring Rosemary Kelanic

February 16, 2026

“Bringing about regime change in Cuba has been the great white whale for many conservatives for a very long time,” […]

In the mediaVenezuela, Western Hemisphere

Is Venezuela Any Closer to Democracy? Newsweek Writers Debate

Featuring Daniel DePetris

February 11, 2026

Op-edVenezuela, Cuba, Western Hemisphere

LTE: Trump rakes the path of least resistance in Venezuela

By Daniel DePetris

February 5, 2026

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In the mediaCuba, Venezuela, Western Hemisphere

In Cuba, is Trump seeking ouster of Communist leaders, or of China’s presence?

Featuring Rosemary Kelanic

February 16, 2026

In the mediaVenezuela, Western Hemisphere

Is Venezuela Any Closer to Democracy? Newsweek Writers Debate

Featuring Daniel DePetris

February 11, 2026

Op-edVenezuela, Cuba, Western Hemisphere

LTE: Trump rakes the path of least resistance in Venezuela

By Daniel DePetris

February 5, 2026

Op-edVenezuela, Great power competition, Western Hemisphere

No, the Maduro raid won’t spark great power imperialism

By Daniel DePetris

January 17, 2026

Op-edVenezuela, Grand strategy, Western Hemisphere

Why Trump’s Venezuela adventurism is a strategic disaster

By Alexander Langlois

January 16, 2026

Op-edVenezuela, Europe and Eurasia, Russia, Western Hemisphere

Venezuela has been introduced to supposed ally Vladimir Putin’s fickle side

By Daniel DePetris

January 13, 2026

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Read at Christian Science Monitor: In Cuba, is Trump seeking ouster of Communist leaders, or of China’s presence?

Featuring Rosemary Kelanic

February 16, 2026

Read at Newsweek: Is Venezuela Any Closer to Democracy? Newsweek Writers Debate

Featuring Daniel DePetris

February 11, 2026

Read at Ink Stick: The Trump administration’s costly corollary to the Monroe Doctrine

Featuring Daniel DePetris

January 8, 2026

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virtualVenezuela, Western Hemisphere

Perils of regime change in Venezuela and beyond

October 28, 2025