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URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/us-raid-in-venezuela-implications-f
 or-the-middle-east-and-us-foreign-policy/
SUMMARY:US Raid in Venezuela: Implications for the Middle East and US Forei
 gn Policy
DESCRIPTION:ONLINE\nAbout the Webinar\nIn a dramatic overnight military ope
 ration\, the United States struck multiple military and government targets
  in Venezuela and seized President Nicolás Maduro along with his wife. Th
 e Trump administration justified the raid as a law enforcement action\, bu
 t it was widely condemned as a violation of Venezuelan sovereignty and int
 ernational law. Following the operation\, President Donald Trump and senio
 r administration officials issued a series of conflicting and expansive st
 atements regarding US intentions in Venezuela. These remarks raised seriou
 s questions about regime change\, the prospect of military occupation\, an
 d potential US control over the country’s natural resources. President T
 rump also framed the operation as a warning to other US adversaries\, incl
 uding Iran\, suggesting that similar actions could be taken elsewhere. Thi
 s rhetoric further unsettled allies and critics concerned about the preced
 ent such an intervention might set.\nArab Center Washington DC (ACW) is ho
 sting a webinar to examine the implications of the US raid in Venezuela fo
 r American foreign policy and its possible reverberations in the Middle Ea
 st. Panelists will consider whether the capture of Maduro represents a sin
 gular event or signals a broader shift toward coercive regime change strat
 egies under the Trump administration. They will also assess the implicatio
 ns for US laws and the consequences of the operation for the rules‑based
  international order and international law. Key questions to be addressed 
 include whether the United States could pursue similar actions elsewhere\,
  including in the Middle East\, and how governments in the region might re
 calibrate their relationships with Washington in response. The discussion 
 will also explore whether such actions risk accelerating strategic realign
 ments toward China and Russia\, and what role the international community 
 might play in discouraging future unilateral military operations by the Tr
 ump administration.
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