Trump's 'puppet regime': Home to world’s largest oil reserves, is Venezuela key to US economy?

Peter O'Brien is pleased to welcome Dr. Amalendu Misra, Author and Professor of International Politics at Lancaster University.

Is the evolving situation in Venezuela a transformation in the methods of regime change?

What we are witnessing is not the overt, forceful restructuring seen in Iraq or Libya, argues Professor Misra. rather a subtler, more calibrated strategy: a “regime change light.” From his perspective, the US is seeking to reshape Venezuela’s political and economic structure while avoiding the destabilising consequences of total regime collapse.