Venezuelan Negotiations

This volume discusses the negotiation processes that failed to resolve the Venezuelan crisis between 2014 and 2024, proposing an analytical framework to explain conflict intractability. The core argument is that negotiation collapse is likely to happen in a deadlock scenario under conditions of a Hard (polarization), Unstable (fragmentation), Self-Serving (profiteering) Stalemate (HUSSS). The book explores how the presence of HUSSS in negotiations impacts conflict intractability, signaling the need to rethink the conceptualization of intractability from a protracted space to a dynamic one.
“Venezuelan Negotiations – From Deadlock to Collapse (2014-2024) provides a comprehensive look at the repeated efforts to resolve the conflict between the autocratic regime of Nicolas Maduro and Venezuela's democratic opposition, putting it in a theoretical framework that helps to explain why this conflict has proven so intractable. It is an invaluable resource for anyone seeking to understand one of the Western Hemisphere's most tragic conflicts today.”
Francis Fukuyama, Stanford University

Marian Vidaurri is a Research Associate at the Center on Global Democracy at the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy. She holds a Doctor of International Affairs (DIA) from Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). She earned a Master of Public Administration (MPA) from the University of Pennsylvania, a Master of Science (MSc) in Latin American Studies from the University of Oxford, and a Bachelor of Arts (Economics and Government) from Cornell University. Dr. Vidaurri is a Fellow with the Latin American Studies Initiative (LASI), at the Johns Hopkins - SAIS.