Regime Change
Energy
Geopolitics
Trump ties Iran ceasefire to regime-selection veto, breaking diplomatic precedent as deadline expires
Conditioning peace talks on choosing Tehran's next leader weaponizes regime change as negotiation leverage while oil hits $111/barrel and 8pm ultimatum looms.
Energy
Geopolitics
Cuba’s Infrastructure Collapse Triggers Rare Street Violence as US Blockade Bites
Protesters attacked Communist Party offices in Morón over cascading blackouts, exposing how energy poverty can fracture authoritarian states—and destabilize an entire region.
Geopolitics
The Representation Gap: Western Misreading of Iranian Public Opinion Amid War
As US-Israeli strikes intensify, a chasm emerges between diaspora advocates demanding regime change and domestic Iranians facing the economic fallout of decades of sanctions and escalating conflict.