Venezuela
Leadership Change May Disrupt Tempo, but It Does Not Dismantle Embedded Networks Built over Years
Changes in One Producer’s Political and Economic Conditions Can Ripple Across Global Energy Markets
Importers Benefit, but Transparency Suffers, and Price Gaps Widen with the Spread of Cheap Sanctioned Oil
The Bridge Between the Revolutionary ‘Axis of Resistance’ in the Middle East and the ‘Bolivarian’ Project in Latin America Has Been Structurally Dismantled
How Venezuela Became a Forward Operating Base for Iran, Hezbollah, and Erdogan—and Why Its Collapse Matters
A Shock Operation Signals That Long-Standing Deterrence Rules No Longer Apply—and Puts Tehran and Gaza on Notice
There May Be No Inexpensive or Low-Risk Way for a Foreign Power to Engineer a Smooth Political Transition in a Volatile Country
Trump’s Show of Resolve in Venezuela Should Make Khamenei Reticent to Push His Luck Too Far with Violence Against Iran’s Protesters
In 2017, the U.S. Froze Maduro’s Assets in U.S. Jurisdictions and Barred Americans from Transacting with Him—a Rare Rebuke
For the First Time, Iranians Are Not Protesting to Demand Reforms but Are Openly Calling for the End of the Islamic Republic Itself
Washington Should Designate the Maduro Regime as a State Sponsor of Terrorism, Given Its Ties to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard and Hezbollah