The Islamic Republic of Iran may be on an accelerated schedule for revolutionary decay, at least if compared to the USSR.

The United States needs to keep up the pressure on Putin while preparing for escalation and providing an off-ramp.

Despite the host of unknowns muddling the crisis at the Russia-Ukraine border, the situation does clearly expose how countries manipulate a bedrock principle of the state-based international system t…

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