Trump’s Oil Waiver Gives Iran a Dangerous Financial Lifeline
Allowing Tehran to sell crude will only strengthen its grip over global energy flows.
Cuba
Trump Must Hold The Line On The Cuba Oil Embargo
No activists, no influencers, no negotiation.
Op-eds
Funding the Enemy: Trump Rolls Back Sanctions on Iran Without Any Guardrails
On the evening of March 20, the Trump administration issued Iran General License U (GL U), a one-month authorization for the sale of what Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says will be approximately 140...
Insights
Regime Change Without Nation Building
America and Israel are at war with Iran, a fact that should be neither shocking nor surprising. Both countries have been targeted by the Islamic Republic since its inception in 1979. Both countries...
Op-eds
AI-Amplified Narratives: Measuring Propaganda in LLM Citations
Memos
The US’ Delcy Rodriguez Dilemma
While deeply flawed, Acting President Delcy Rodriguez is still the United States’ best bet for Venezuela’s stabilization and transition to democracy.
Op-eds
Kidnapping of opposition leader threatens US momentum in Venezuela
On February 8, Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Pablo Guanipa vanished from the streets of Caracas in what allies called a kidnapping, a development that could jeopardize US policy...
Op-eds
Previewing Talks with Iran
Media Calls
Venezuela’s Intelligence Chief Remains a Danger Despite Maduro Ouster
If he doesn’t want an all-expenses-paid trip to the United States in the middle of the night, Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello needs to better hew to the U.S. line, the Trump administration...
Policy Briefs
Maduro’s last exit is to Brooklyn
But his henchmen remain in power in Caracas
Op-eds
Don’t make the mistake Obama did, Mr. President, enforce your Iran ‘red line’
The last time a US president drew a “red line” and refused to enforce it, thousands of Syrians paid the price. Barack Obama’s 2012 failure to enforce his red line against the use of chemical...
Op-eds
Why Trump bared his teeth and nabbed Venezuela’s Maduro — and it’s not just drugs
The Trump administration’s capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro on Saturday was a US victory on two fronts: the war on drugs and the great-power competition with China and Russia. For...
Op-eds
United States strikes Venezuela, captures President Maduro
On January 3, at around 2 am, the United States military began a wave of airstrikes on military targets in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas and surrounding areas. Shortly afterward, at around 4:30 am,...
Op-eds
As the noose tightens around Nicolas Maduro, how to ensure a strong — and pro-American — Venezuela follows
With President Donald Trump announcing a “total and complete” oil blockade of Venezuela this week, the noose around dictator Nicolas Maduro’s neck is tightening. A massive US Navy strike...
Op-eds
How Turkey Props up Venezuela
The government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan has provided an unexpected sanctions evasion lifeline for Nicolas Maduro’s Venezuela.
Op-eds
U.S. Seizes ‘Dark Fleet’ Supertanker With History of Oil Smuggling Off Venezuelan Coast
Latest Developments Vessel Involved in Illicit Oil Shipping: President Donald Trump announced on December 10 that the United States had seized a “very large” oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela....
Flash Briefs
Venezuelan Oil Exports Continued Despite U.S. Escalation in November
U.S. pressure on Venezuela’s strongman, Nicolás Maduro, is increasing — his cartel has just been designated a terrorist organization and an American aircraft carrier group is circling off his coast...
Policy Briefs
How Venezuela’s Maduro became Washington’s most persistent hemispheric adversary
On November 13, US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced Operation Southern Spear amid an increased American military presence off the coast of Venezuela. Hegseth stated that the...