Q&A: Who Benefits from U.S. Actions in Venezuela?

GWSB’s Robert Weiner explains what the oil industry can teach us about business and society.

February 10, 2026

A semi-submersible drilling rig at dusk

A semi-submersible drilling rig. (Photo by Maria Lupan on Unsplash)

Who stands to gain or lose after the U.S. intervention in Venezuela? Robert Weiner, professor and director of the Master of Science in International Business program at GW Business as well as an expert in geopolitics, the global petroleum industry and natural‑resource economics, weighs in. 

Read the full Q&A in GW Today

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https://gwtoday.gwu.edu/qa-who-benefits-us-actions-venezuela