Ryan C. Berg
When the Trump administration published its National Security Strategy (NSS) in December 2025, it ignited a debate about the extent to which the document would guide U.S. strategy. While the NSS is often a statement of intention and envisages the world U.S. administrations would like to see, this NSS’s emphasis on the Western Hemisphere as a strategic priority for the United States heralded the profound shifts currently underway in U.S. foreign policy. And less than one month after the document’s release, President Trump launched Operation Absolute Resolve, an extraordinary military operation to capture the erstwhile Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, whisking them to the United States to face charges of drug trafficking and weapons possession stemming from a 2020 indictment.
The daring gambit, which reminded the world that Trump has a knack for using force in surprising ways, was a dramatic display of power in the United States’ own neighborhood, while the tactical success and the flawless execution of the operation itself surely rank among the annals of special operations lore.
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