Operation Absolute Resolve: The Capture of Nicolás Maduro and the New Rules of Power

Maduro, Venezuela, and the Collision of Sovereignty, Terrorism, and Power

What happens when a sitting president becomes a defendant - and the world does not look away?

On January 3rd, power in Venezuela ended not with a speech, an uprising, or an invasion, but with silence.

Operation Absolute Resolve is a restrained, forensic account of how Nicolás Maduro was captured, how his system collapsed from the inside, and why this moment signals a shift in the global rules of power. Moving beyond ideology, the book traces the anatomy of a modern collapse - from quiet betrayals and military non-action, to exile, fear, legality, and the uneasy aftermath of survival.

Written in a cold, precise narrative style, the book examines:

• How legitimacy erodes before power falls

• Why language changes before force is used

• How populist systems hollow out states from within

• Why recovery is harder - and more dangerous - than collapse

• What January 3rd reveals about sovereignty, enforcement, and the future of international order

This is not a manifesto.
It is not a justification.
It is a case study.

For readers of political nonfiction, international relations, and modern history, Operation Absolute Resolve offers a sobering look at how states fail, how power ends, and what replaces it when fear no longer works.