The Future of Venezuela Initiative

The Project influences policy dialogue on the future of Venezuela through strategic convening and critical research and policy analysis that produces practical, evidence-based, and forward-looking policy recommendations

Venezuela is a failed state that poses a significant security threat to the Western Hemisphere. The Future of Venezuela Initiative of the Center for Strategic & International Studies is led by director Ryan C. Berg.

Recent programming includes the following topics:

  • A roadmap and lessons for negotiations in Venezuela.
  • Violence and insecurity amidst the burgeoning presence of non-state actors.
  • Growing geopolitical challenges borne of foreign actors that prop up the Maduro Regime.
  • Tackling environmental degradation caused by illegal mining and gas flaring. 
  • The role of the oil sector in Venezuela’s economic degradation and economic rebuilding.
  • Improving the effectiveness of humanitarian assistance to Venezuelan migrants in neighboring countries and attending to the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Venezuela.
  • Advancing effective political engagement of youth and women in a democratic transition.
  • The effect and future of international sanctions on Venezuela.

Experts

Juan Cruz

Juan Cruz

Senior Adviser (Non-resident), Americas Program and Director, Argentina-U.S. Strategic Forum
Gerver Torres

Gerver Torres

Senior Associate (Non-resident), Americas Program

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The Future of Security in Venezuela

Please join Ryan C. Berg, Director of the CSIS Future of Venezuela Initiative for a virtual webinar discussion on the deterioration of security and defense in Venezuela.

Event — December 20, 2021

Perfecting the Authoritarian Playbook

The primary election process for the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) will be neither free and fair nor will it be pointless and a sham; instead, it plays the purpose of boosting the Maduro regime’s survival and reorganizing its autocratic structure.

Commentary by Ryan C. Berg and Leonardo Di Bonaventura Altuve — July 15, 2021

Online Event: Illegal Mining in Venezuela: Death and Devastation

As the humanitarian and political situation in Venezuela deteriorates, the country's remote southern region is embroiled in an illegal mining crisis that is fueling human rights abuses, harming the environment, and posing a security threat for the region.

Event — June 26, 2020

A Democratic Transition in Venezuela Requires the Inclusion of Women

As experience in previous transition processes shows, when more women are represented in government, states have much higher levels of stability, security, and economic and social inclusion—all which Venezuela currently lacks.

Commentary by Margarita R. Seminario and Arianna Kohan — April 3, 2020

The Venezolana Perspective: Women and the Venezuelan Crisis

Please join CSIS’ Future of Venezuela Initiative for a discussion on how girls and women have been disproportionately affected by the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela and what is being done to address gender-specific issues.

Event — March 10, 2020