Without charismatic Castro and Russian/Venezuelan support, and with sky-high oil prices, the communist regime is brittle. But as the secretary of state discovers in Iran, breaking things is the easy part.
Markos Kounalakis
Kounalakis, the Monthly's publisher and president emeritus, is California’s Second Gentleman and a Hoover Institution visiting fellow researching democracy and geopolitics. Follow him on Instagram, @markoskounalakis.
