Ep 257: Elliott Abrams on the Venezuela Crisis

School of War · Dec 16, 2025 · 38m

Elliott Abrams, senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and U.S. Special Representative for Venezuela and Iran from 2019 to 2021, joins the show to discuss events in the Caribbean.

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Times

01:56 Venezuela Through Multiple Administrations

06:05 Maduro

11:53 Trump to Biden

17:56 U.S. Military Capabilities

24:05 Political Justifications

30:11 The Venezuelan Opposition

35:56 Machado in Hiding

41:27 Worst Case Scenarios

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