{"id":13969,"date":"2026-01-09T16:22:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T15:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/?p=13969"},"modified":"2026-01-09T16:22:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T15:22:13","slug":"wilkerson-venezuela-deutschland-imperium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/latest\/wilkerson-venezuela-deutschland-imperium\/","title":{"rendered":"COL. Wilkerson on Venezuela and America\u2019s Empire Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<p><em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/latest\/crowdfunding-2026-actvism\/\">We are currently in our annual crowdfunding campaign. 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Lawrence Wilkerson (ret.), former Chief of Staff to U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, about U.S. aggression against Venezuela and what it reveals about the current trajectory of American power and foreign policy.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<p>The conversation then turns to Ukraine, where a so-called \u201ccoalition of the willing\u201d is discussing the deployment of multinational troops as security guarantees. Wilkerson assesses whether Russia would ever accept such an arrangement, how Germany and Europe are positioning themselves, and whether these initiatives are likely to move the conflict toward a settlement \u2014 or push it toward a wider confrontation.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<p>To read the transcript of this video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/COL.-Wilkerson-on-Venezuela-and-Americas-Empire-Crisis.docx-1.pdf\">COL. 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Wilkerson on Venezuela and America\u2019s Empire Crisis<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"COL. 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Lawrence Wilkersons letzte Positionen in der Regierung waren die des Stabschefs von Au\u00dfenminister Colin Powell (2002-05), des stellvertretenden Direktors des Stabs f\u00fcr Politikplanung des Au\u00dfenministeriums unter der Leitung von Botschafter Richard N. Haass und des Mitglieds dieses Stabs, das f\u00fcr Ostasien und den Pazifikraum sowie f\u00fcr politisch-milit\u00e4rische und legislative Angelegenheiten zust\u00e4ndig war (2001-02). Vor seiner T\u00e4tigkeit im Au\u00dfenministerium diente Wilkerson 31 Jahre lang in der US-Armee. W\u00e4hrend dieser Zeit war er Mitglied der Fakult\u00e4t des U.S. Naval War College (1987 bis 1989), Sonderassistent von General Powell, als dieser Vorsitzender der Joint Chiefs of Staff war (1989-93), sowie Direktor und stellvertretender Direktor des U.S. Marine Corps War College in Quantico, Virginia (1993-97). Wilkerson schied 1997 als Oberst aus dem aktiven Dienst aus und begann als Berater von General Powell zu arbeiten. Au\u00dferdem lehrte er nationale Sicherheitsfragen im Honors Program der George Washington University. Derzeit arbeitet er an einem Buch \u00fcber die erste Regierung von George W. Bush.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are currently in our annual crowdfunding campaign. If you want our independent and non-profit media network to continue in 2025, please participate in this campaign&nbsp;by&nbsp;clicking here. In this episode of The Source, our founder and supporting editor Zain Raza speaks with Col. 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