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Experts at oil & weapons-funded CSIS: 'Go big' in Venezuela

CSIS authors argue regime change in Venezuela outweighs risks and propose a bilateral investment treaty focused on oil to attract foreign investors and benefit U.S. defense and oil firms.

As the U.S. threatens to take “oil, land and other assets” from Venezuela, staffers at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a think tank funded in part by defense contractors and oil companies, are eager to help make the public case for regime change and investment. “The U.S. should go big” in Venezuela, write CSIS experts Ryan Berg and Kimberly Breier.Both America’s Quarterly, which published the essay, and the authors’ employer …

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Staff at the Washington think tank CSIS did not disclose that the organization they work for receives money from Exxon and Lockheed Martin, among others. By Nick Cleveland-Stout. Responsible Statecraft, December 22, 2025 As the United States threatens to seize “oil, land, and other assets” from Venezuela, staff at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a think tank funded in part by defense contractors and oil companies, are eager t…

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Responsible Statecraft broke the news in on Monday, December 22, 2025.
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