Regime Change Archives | Washington Monthly

Iranian and Venezuelan émigré networks helped sell U.S. intervention. Then Trump cut them out.

The Exiles Who Sold Trump’s Wars

by María Isabel Puerta Riera and Kourosh Ziabari June 17, 2026June 16, 2026

Iranian and Venezuelan émigré networks made the case for U.S. intervention. Then the president cut them loose.

Regime Reckoning: Secretary of State Marco Rubio is betting the Cuban regime is finally ready to break. Here, Rubio attends a lunch at the Shield of the Americas Summit, Saturday, March 7, 2026, at Trump National Doral Miami in Doral, Florida.

Cuba Libre: Rubio’s Big Bet on Regime Change in Havana

by Markos Kounalakis March 16, 2026March 18, 2026

Iran Hawks: Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) speaks with reporters after a briefing from Trump administration officials on the U.S. strikes on Iran at the U.S. Capitol on March 3, 2026.

Cocky Iran Hawks Forget the History of Blowback

by Bill Scher March 10, 2026March 10, 2026

Politics Roundtable

Trump’s War Gamble: “Isolationist” President Opens Pandora’s Box With Iran

by The Editors June 23, 2025July 16, 2025

September/October 2023

Can Aristopopulism Save Us?

by Phillip Longman August 27, 2023August 27, 2023