Dalhousie University has faculty experts available to provide informed, non‑partisan analysis on the evolving situation between Venezuela and the United States. Our scholars can speak to the political context, regional implications, human rights considerations, and the broader impact on international relations, including issues related to imperialism, international law, and the global response. If you're looking for credible, research‑based insight for coverage or commentary, we can connect you with specialists who follow these issues closely.

Latin American politics and the history of US interventions to overthrow governments in Latin America
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. John Cameron, Professor, Department of International Development Studies
Research Specialties: Advocacy strategies of civil society organizations, public engagement strategies and representations of ‘development’ in the global North, cosmopolitan theory and global citizenship, Indigenous and peasant social movement, Andean politics (Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru), rural development policies
Contact: john.cameron@dal.ca

Latin American history, politics and governance - Impacts and response of US agression in the broader region
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. John Kirk, Professor, Department of Spanish and Latin American Studies
Research Specialties: Cuban colonial times, Cuban cultural revolution, Latin American dictators.
Contact: kirk@dal.ca

Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Isaac Saney, Professor, Coordinator of Black and African Diaspora Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences 
Research Specialties: Africa, the Caribbean, Cuba, and Black Canadian history
Contact: isaney@dal.ca

Global security and governance - Sovereignty norms and how international organizations (e.g. the UN Security Council) are likely to respond
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Marion Laurence, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
Research Specialties: International relations, global Security governance, internal organizations, and qualitative and interpretive research methods
Contact: marion.laurence@dal.ca

The US intervention's illegality within international law
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Heather Tasker, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
Research Specialties: Gender Violence, transitional justice, international criminal law, and human rights
Contact: Heather.Tasker@dal.ca

American imperialism and state sovereignty
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Ajay Parasram, Associate Professor, Department of International Development Studies, Department of History
Research Specialties: Colonial, Postcolonial, and decolonial studies, modern/colonial South Asia, Global Development and political economy, global history and international relations, and political ontology and pluriversality
Contact: parasram@dal.ca

US Foreign Policy – How this intervention is similar and/or different from previous US interventions / US foreign policy decision making process
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Brian Bow, Chair, Department of Political Science
Research Specialties: Policy coordination, US foreign policy, Canada-US relations, international security and defense policy 
Contact: brian.bow@dal.ca and 902-494-6629

Implications for forced displacement/migration in the broader Latin American region
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Kiran, Banerjee, Associate Professor, Canada Research Chair in Forced Migration Governance and Refugee Protection, Department of Political Science
Research Specialties: Migration, refugees, citizenship, forced migration, immigration, global justice, history of political thoughts, international ethics, international relations, and political theory
Contact: kr561466@dal.ca

Canada’s response to Trumps' threats and aggression
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. John Kirk, Professor, Department of Spanish and Latin American Studies.
Research Specialties: Cuban colonial times, Cuban cultural revolution, Latin American dictators.
Contact: kirk@dal.ca

Canada’s response - Where does this leave Canada for CUSMA negotiations? / How will the PM navigate / Poilievre's position on the US intervention and Carney’s response
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Lori Turnbull, Professor, Faculty of Management, Department of Political Science
Research Specialties: Canadian parliamentary governance, political ethics, elections, electoral systems and public engagement
Contact: lturnbul@dal.ca

What’s next? - Global response and impact 
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Robert Huish, Associate Professor, Department of International Development Studies
Research Specialties: Global health, North Korea, Cuban development, activism, and social justice
Contact: huish@dal.ca