Iranian and Venezuelan émigré networks made the case for U.S. intervention. Then the president cut them loose.
Regime Change
Posted inForeign Policy
Cuba Libre: Rubio’s Big Bet on Regime Change in Havana
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.
Posted inPolitics
Cocky Iran Hawks Forget the History of Blowback
Bombing Iran may be the easy part. What hawks refuse to reckon with is everything that comes next.
Posted inPolitics Roundtable
Trump’s War Gamble: “Isolationist” President Opens Pandora’s Box With Iran
Jacob Heilbrunn joins the editors to weigh in on potential military escalation, political divides, and economic fallout from Trump’s strikes on Iran.
Posted inSeptember/October 2023
Can Aristopopulism Save Us?
Patrick Deneen wants to replace corrupt “structurally liberal” elites with a new elect of moral guardians.
