Oliver Dodd is a lecturer in international relations and security studies at Liverpool John Moores University.

01.10.2026

• Oliver Dodd

The War on Drugs: A Pretext for Regime Change in Venezuela

For years, US leaders struggled with botched efforts to bring the opposition to power in Venezuela. Talk of the War on Drugs provided a justification for a more direct US assault, imposing regime change without the trappings of democratic transition.

07.31.2021

• Oliver Dodd

Colombia’s Mercenary Industry is Behind the Haitian Coup

Almost every assassin involved in the murder of Haitian president Jovenel Moïse was Colombian. That’s no coincidence: if you want mercenaries for hire on the cheap, often trained by the US military, you can find them in spades in Colombia.