Pro­fes­sor Emer­i­tus of In­ter­na­tion­al Re­la­tions An­tho­ny Bryan has warned that Trinidad and To­ba­go must pro­ceed with ex­treme cau­tion as re­gion­al ten­sions con­tin­ue to es­ca­late be­tween Venezuela and the Unit­ed States, not­ing that mis­steps could have se­ri­ous con­se­quences for the twin-is­land na­tion.

He made the com­ment in the wake of Venezuela’s re­cent claims that the vis­it of the USS Grave­ly to T&T formed part of a planned “false flag at­tack” in­tend­ed to pro­voke hos­til­i­ties against Cara­cas.

“A false flag at­tack is an at­tempt to de­ceive,” Pro­fes­sor Bryan ex­plained yes­ter­day.