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White Paper: Failure Modes Revealed by the Venezuela Escalation Narrative

Posted on January 4, 2026 by nathanalbright

Executive Framing Whether the events are fully real, partially real, or strategically misrepresented, the situation exposes multiple layered failure modes across information systems, legal regimes, executive restraint, alliance governance, and public epistemology. Crucially, these failures are orthogonal—they reinforce one another … Continue reading →

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White Paper: Legal Questions & Second-Order Effects of the U.S. Military Operation in Venezuela

Posted on January 3, 2026 by nathanalbright

January 3, 2026 edition This white paper analyzes the legal underpinnings and emerging second-order regional and global consequences resulting from the reported U.S. military action in Venezuela—specifically the capture of President Nicolás Maduro and assertions by Donald Trump that the … Continue reading →

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White Paper: Venezuela’s External and Internal Vulnerabilities amid the Essequibo Crisis and U.S. “Narcoterrorism” Confrontation

Posted on September 9, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive summary Venezuela faces a two-front strain. Externally, it is locked in a high-stakes territorial dispute with Guyana over the oil-rich Essequibo, where international law and regional diplomacy run against Caracas’s unilateral moves (including a 2024 law creating a Venezuelan … Continue reading →

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