The U.S. president wants to repeat the Venezuela scenario. But it’s not that easy.
Trump Is Using the Wrong Talking Points on Iran
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Iran
The Dwindling Arsenal and the Twilight of the Western Shield
The future of the international order will be decided not in conference halls but on factory floors.
Rolling Ultimatums Don’t Make Strategy
Trump’s Iran policy keeps pressure alive, but permanent pressure is not the same as control.
Boy-Gangsters in High Office
Many citizens of Venezuela, Cuba, and Iran are unhappy with their regimes. But it is not up to self-proclaimed saviors from the outside to overthrow the leaders of those countries.
The Expansion of the Donroe Doctrine
Trump is attempting to synthesize the dying Oil Revolution with the ascendant Mineral Revolution.
Kurds and the US-Israel War with Iran: Likely Scenarios
What role will Kurds play in shaping the future of Iran?
It’s Already a World War
Ruthless authoritarian leaders–Putin, Trump, Netanyahu–have declared war on international law.
This International Women’s Day, Let’s Renew the Call to End Wars
The impact on women of the war with Iran has been disastrous.
Tehran’s Decapitation and the End of an Era
The United States and Israel are gambling that the jungle law of sheer force can birth a new Middle Eastern order.
Trump’s Strategic Disaster in Tehran
The silence in Tehran today is not the silence of a collapsed state but the quiet preparation for a long and expensive retaliation.