OSTENSIBLY, Venezuela is at the centre of geopolitical storm that has significantly drawn global attention from North to South—sparking debates over the Trump administration’s recent precision operation in Caracas(Jan 3) arresting Venezuela’s president Nicholas Maduro and his wife.

Apart from Maduro’s criminal charges, President Trump has claimed that the move is aimed at reclaiming at Venezuela’s vast oil reserves, and the US oil companies are poised to invest billions in reviving the country’s oil industry. This US’ recent actions in Venezuela seem to be a part of broader strategy–referred as Trump’s corollary –to reassert US’ power dominance surge in the Western Hemisphere perceived in US’ newly indoctrinated national security strategy (NSS). The US move of interference-cum- regime change is largely condemned and disputed as it entails potential implications of international law vis-à-vis state sovereignty, integrity and regional stability.

As the situation unfolds, analysts around the globe predict a complex and lengthy debt restructuring process, given Venezuela’s estimated $ 150-170 billion in external debt, Currently, the Trump administration’s own 2025 National Security Strategy (NSS) suggest that “power surge in the Western Hemisphere” and “regime change” are two prominent approaches that overwhelm the US foreign policy. The US National Security Strategy (NSS) has introduced the logic of resurrecting US’ conceived Monroe Doctrine–aiming to reassert American dominance in the Western Hemisphere. This move is seen as a significant shift in US foreign policy triggering a geopolitical turmoil. The NSS wants a hemisphere ‘free from hostile foreign incursions or........

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