The John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding

Downes & O’Rourke: The Regime Change Temptation in Venezuela

Nov 3, 2025

Our former Distinguished Visiting Fellow Alexander Downes, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at The George Washington University and former Rosenwald Postdoc Lindsey O’Rourke, now Associate Professor of Political Science at Boston College, take a deep dive in Foreign Affairs of the possibility and consequences of a U.S. attempt to overthrow Venezuela’s President Maduro.

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(Photo: Cancillería del Ecuador)