Getting the Insight Out
An article that explores what
Venezuela’s political landscape may look like in the
wake of Nicolas Maduro’s removal. Following the
placement of Delcy Rodríquez as Venezuela’s interim
president by the U.S., will the repression present under
Maduro’s leadership continue, or will opposition parties
take this as an opportunity to expand their roles?
As Iran’s deadly anti-government protests persist, the threat of U.S. military intervention continues to loom. Yet external force is more likely to entrench authoritarian control through securitization or to produce regime collapse without institutional replacement. In addition, Iran’s asymmetric deterrence strategy and extensive proxy network make escalation difficult to contain, raising the risk of regional spillover. In this view, intervention would militarize Iran’s domestic legitimacy crisis and export instability across the Middle East without resolving the underlying political breakdown.
On Friday, October 24, the Pentagon announced the deployment of the USS Gerald R. Ford, one of the United States’ premier aircraft carriers, to the Caribbean Sea. This decision followed a recent uptick in Donald Trump’s battle against drug traffickers and cartels, with the U.S. conducting a series of airstrikes on boats in the Caribbean and pledging to expand operations onto Latin American soil.
Confusion and allegations of irregularities have followed last Sunday’s elections in Thailand as the military-appointed Election Commission has repeatedly delayed the announcement of results for unexplained reasons. In some provinces, More