News stories by Dr Nan Tian

  1. The Crucial Role of the Military in the Venezuelan Crisis

    - Inter Press Service

    STOCKHOLM, Apr 03 (IPS) - Dr Diego Lopes da Silva is a Researcher with the Arms and Military Expenditure Programme at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) & Dr Nan Tian is a Researcher with the SIPRI Arms and Military Expenditure Programme.

    In January 2019 Venezuela's opposition-led National Assembly swore in congressman Juan Guaidó as the country's interim president. Guaidó's claim to power is a severe blow against the already weakened government of Nicolás Maduro, whose re-election as president in May 2018 was widely rejected by the international community and deemed illegitimate by over 50 foreign governments.

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