{"podcast":{"title":"Talking Geopolitics","slug":"talking-geopolitics-1114411","podcast_index_feed_id":1114411,"rss_url":"https://geopoliticalfutures.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://geopoliticalfutures.com/podcast","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/a/1/8/d/a18d36c6a1edb10127a2322813b393ee/2021_Podcast_tile_SQUARE_1280x1280_simple--20240515-f8raokmwy5.png","author":"Geopolitical Futures","episode_count":99,"summary":"A non-partisan podcast brought to you by Geopolitical Futures, an online publication founded by internationally recognized geopolitical forecaster George Friedman. Geopolitical Futures tells you what matters in international affairs and what doesn't. Go to https://geopoliticalfutures.com/podcast for details.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-05T06:21:01.050688+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talking-geopolitics-1114411"},"episode":{"title":"Venezuela, Cuba, and the New Western Hemisphere Strategy","slug":"venezuela-cuba-and-the-new-western-hemisphere-strategy","published_at":"2025-12-23T19:08:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talking-geopolitics-1114411/venezuela-cuba-and-the-new-western-hemisphere-strategy","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talking-geopolitics-1114411","url":"https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/show/geopoliticalfutures/id/39520665","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/geopoliticalfutures/TG2025_E26_mixdown_-14.mp3?dest-id=576122","summary":"America's new National Security Strategy reflects a fundamental change in U.S. policy. It prioritizes America maintaining its preeminence in the Western Hemisphere, while avoiding military competition with China as well as European conflicts. At the same time the White House has taken pen to paper on its new policy, military pressure on Venezuela is ramping up as the Trump administration sanctions oil tankers in the region. This week on Talking Geopolitics, GPF Chairman George Friedman joins host Christian Smith to discuss these escalations and what it all has to do with Cuba. And for more analysis, go to https://geopoliticalfutures.com/gpf-newsletter/ to get access to our free newsletter as well as our NEW special report: Reviving NATO's Eastern Line, by GPF Senior Analyst Antonia Colibasanu. This report is available for a limited time.","meta_description":"America's new National Security Strategy reflects a fundamental change in U.S. policy. It prioritizes America maintaining its preeminence in the Western H…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1934,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/talking-geopolitics-1114411/episodes/venezuela-cuba-and-the-new-western-hemisphere-strategy/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talking-geopolitics-1114411/venezuela-cuba-and-the-new-western-hemisphere-strategy.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}