The Unconstrained Presidency; How the Iranian Regime Breaks; How Venezuela Becomes a Quagmire
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Trump’s Year of Anarchy

The Unconstrained Presidency and the End of American Primacy

 By Daniel W. Drezner and Elizabeth N. Saunders

 

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How the Iranian Regime Breaks

Elite Fracture Will Come Gradually and Then Suddenly

By Afshon Ostovar

 
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How Venezuela Becomes a Quagmire

Washington Is Repeating Mistakes It Made in Iraq

By Meghan L. O’Sullivan

 

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