The panelists also analyzed the credibility of President Nicolás Maduro’s threats to annex the Essequibo region of Guyana.

Berg offered insight into what's driving Maduro to make these claims👇

During #PivotalStates , Chris Chivvis, Ryan Berg, PhD, & Carolina Jimenez Sandoval discussed key issues in Venezuela's relations with the U.S. & the region.

A critical point of conversation was how U.S. sanctions on Venezuela fit into a larger regional strategy. Watch for Jimenez Sandoval's…

What a great discussion—I learned so much. Big decisions to make for the Biden Administration on Venezuela.

A first class analysis-- both trenchant and timely -- of a critical issue. A must read for policymakers, analysts and scholars of American foreign policy.

Definitely, although we also concluded that Washington should be careful with how it interprets this--as our colleague Ashley Tellis has argued.

🚨Today
📅 #April10
Excited to participate in this event organized by Carnegie Endowment together with Ryan Berg, PhD and Chris Chivvis to discuss different scenarios of 🇺🇸-🇻🇪 #US - #Venezuela relations.
⏰2.00 pm EST/Hora Caracas
Register👇or watch online on You Tube: youtube.com/user/carnegiee…

克里斯托弗·奇维斯（Chris Chivvis）和比阿特丽克斯·吉根·布莱纳 (@beatrix__gb）撰文指出，与中国建立紧密关系对于墨西哥来说代价高昂。与许多拉美邻国相比，墨西哥迄今尚未允许中国在经济合作方面取得重大进展：carnegieendowment.org/2024/03/25/mex…

A close friendship with #China would be very costly for #Mexico . Compared to many of its Latin American neighbors, Mexico has thus far not allowed China significant inroads, argue Chris Chivvis and Beatrix Geaghan-Breiner: carnegieendowment.org/2024/03/25/mex…

#Venezuela : Looking forward to participating in the Carnegie Endowment event on 'The Venezuela Problem.' Join Carolina Jimenez Sandoval, Chris Chivvis, and I on April 10th at 2PM Washington time as we dissect the Joe Biden admin's approach to the Nicolás Maduro regime.
carnegieendowment.org/2024/04/10/piv…

Interesting polling, mostly on Republican trends, but shows clear drop in support for the use of force in the last decade for both parties. 44% of R’s and 57% of D’s now saying the U.S. should rarely or never use military force, vs. 38% and 50% in 2014. reuters.com/world/us/us-re…

If only they would do the same and stay out of our elections.

“Xi, in a call with Putin last month, said both sides should resolutely oppose interference in domestic affairs by external forces, indicating the U.S.”

reuters.com/world/europe/r…