PRIMER: Venezuela & Operation Absolute Resolve
Nicolás Maduro took power in Venezuela in 2013 as the handpicked successor to socialist Hugo Chavez and
steadily eroded what was left of Venezuela’s democratic system.
Nicolás Maduro took power in Venezuela in 2013 as the handpicked successor to socialist Hugo Chavez and
steadily eroded what was left of Venezuela’s democratic system.
Over the last month, there have been approximately 900 protests across Iran, with thousands of protesters
reportedly killed by security forces. Estimates of deaths far exceed those killed by
Hamas has been a serious threat to Israeli and American national security for decades. The current crisis can be
traced back to June 2007, when Hamas took control of
China’s defense industrial base (DIB) is already on a wartime footing. Over the last couple of decades, China has conducted the largest peacetime military buildup in modern history, including significantly
The PRC has been conducting a massive modernization campaign aimed at transforming its military into
a one capable of defeating the United States and seizing Taiwan by force.
Starting in June 2025, The Vandenberg Coalition worked with GOP polling firm TargetPoint on a series of seven
polls analyzing what ~1,200 Trump voters think about American foreign policy.
Russia is an adversary of the United States and a key part of a wider anti-American bloc that includes
China, Iran, and North Korea.
The American economic model, which includes the freedom to buy, sell, produce, and trade, is fundamental to our way of life and democratic values.
For nearly 70 years, Cuba’s communist dictatorship has been a threat to the United States in our own backyard, supporting terrorism and providing a base of operations for other American
While U.S. policymakers primarily have focused on countering China’s military threat, there is another arm of the
Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) strategy to defeat the United States that needs