What if Iran is aiming for regime change in the United States?

Based on various interviews Professor Robert Pape, University of Chicago, and Ian Bremmer have given in the last 10 days. Pape founded the Chicago Project on Security and Threats, and Bremmer is the founder of of Eurasia Group, the world’s leading political risk consultancy. The question sounds provocative. But follow the logic and it becomes […]

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Field Note: Pressure

I am watching what is unfolding in the United States under the current Trump administration. A few weeks ago, I wrote about a larger pattern beginning to form.Since then, that pattern has continued — not abruptly, but steadily. What I notice now is not a single event, but accumulation. Each move targets something slightly different, […]

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Field Note: Untethered Power

I am observing the early weeks of the second Trump administration in the United States. Three weeks in, what stands out to me is not a single policy or decision, but the tempo.A rapid sequence of moves that bypass, strain, or openly challenge institutional restraint. Courts are reacting.Cases are forming.Rulings are issued. What I notice […]

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