Will Venezuela Fundamentally Change US Foreign Policy?

Venezuela becoming a major test for Donald Trump on multiple levels

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro (C), speaks to a crowd of supporters flanked by his wife Cilia Flores (2-L), Venezuelan Vice-president Delcy Rodriguez (R) the head of Venezuela's Constituent Assembly Diosdado Cabello, along with other members of the government, to announce his is breaking off diplomatic ties with the United States, during a gathering in Caracas on Jan. 23, 2019. Luis Robayo/AFP/Getty Images

The decisions being made by the Trump administration in the coming weeks regarding Venezuela may constitute a sea change in U.S. policy.

If a more vigorous application of the Monroe Doctrine is in the Trump playbook, it will impact the political landscape in both Venezuela and America, as well as the entire Latin American region, the Middle East, and indeed, the rest of the world.