About this event

Dr. Robert Burrell, JSOU, met with Dr. Craig Deare, National Defense University, in December 2022 to discuss the history and current state of Venezuela. Dr. Deare details the history, diaspora, leadership, external actors, influence, and geography of Venezuela and how these factors have, both past and present, influenced and molded Venezuela. Dr. Craig A. Deare has served on the faculty of the National Defense University since January 2001. Dr. Deare served in the U.S. Army for 20 years with a variety of assignments specializing in Military Intelligence and Latin American Foreign Area Officer duties. He served as the Deputy Commander of the Joint Counterintelligence Operations Element in Honduras in 1986, after which he attended graduate school with a subsequent assignment as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Sciences at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, where he taught International Relations, American Government, and American Foreign Policy. He subsequently served as an Assistant Defense Attaché in Mexico City in the early 90s; as a Troop Commander of a Special Operations unit; and spent two years as a Senior Country Director in the office of Interamerican Affairs in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, where he was responsible for crafting defense policy matters for Mexico. He earned his B.A. in Political Science from the University of Arizona; his M.A. in International Relations & International Economics from the School of Advanced International Studies of The Johns Hopkins University; and his Ph.D. in International Relations from SAIS/Hopkins. He is a graduate of the United States Marine Corps Command & Staff College and earned the Master Parachutist Badge, the Military Freefall Parachutist Badge, and Ranger Tab. His research interests focus on U.S. national security strategy and defense policy, as well as security and defense issues related to the Western Hemisphere. Authored by Dr. Deare: A Tale of Two Eagles: The US-Mexico Bilateral Defense Relationship Post Cold War Latin America 2020: Challenges to U.S. National Security Interests, strategic monograph, NDU Press Dr. Burrell Cited Reading: Latin America 2020: Challenges to U.S. National Security Interests by Dr. Craig A. Deare, Strategic Monograph, National Defense University Press Dr. Burrell Cited Listening: Podcast: State of Venezuela All questions, including account resets, can be directed to futureofsofforums@jsou.edu For more information follow us on our website and social media platforms. Website: https://jsou.edu/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thin... Twitter: https://twitter.com/THINKJSOU Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThinkJSOU/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThinkJSOU The views expressed in this interview are entirely the opinions of the participants. They do not represent the views of the United States Government, Department of Defense, United States Special Operations Command, National Defense University, or the Joint Special Operations University.