RISK ANALYSIS 2026: VENEZUELA IS JUST THE BEGINNING

About this episode

Michael Moran discusses the geopolitical risks and potential conflicts of 2026, focusing on the US attack on Venezuela and other global flashpoints.

2026 promises to be a year of peril and risk and the US attack on Venezuela is only just the beginning. Lingering conflicts in Ukraine, civil unrest in Iran and the US authoritarian turn combined with off the charts corruption of Trump regime makes the prospect of 2026 one to be treated with alarm. In this FRDH podcast, recorded as the news of the American operation in Venezuela to seize its president Nicolas Maduro broke. veteran geo-political risk analyst Michael Moran talks us through that event and other possible flash points that could convulse the world in 2026. Give us 55:55 to explain.

People in this episode

Guest: Michael Moran

Topics covered

• Venezuela
• US foreign policy
• geo-political risk
• Ukraine
• Iran
• Trump regime
• civil unrest

Keywords

• risk analysis
• 2026
• Nicolas Maduro
• civil unrest
• authoritarianism

Mentioned in this episode

Places: VENEZUELA, US, Ukraine, Iran

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