JST WorldWatch

President Trump has made it clear that after what he views as success regarding Venezuela, he has his eye on effecting change in Cuba.  But his Venezuela formula—using force to choke its economy and spark some changes within the ruling elite, to be followed by a foreign investment boom, while leaving a democratic transition for […]

The collapse of a regime is mechanical; the birth of a nation is spiritual and intellectual. The collapse of Iran’s Islamic Republic in early 2026 marks more than the fall of a regime. It represents the most consequential historical repudiation of political Islam as a governing system—and a strategic turning point for the Middle East. […]

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