Inside Tehran’s toll booth

Dispatches

Experts react: How the world is responding to the US-Israeli war with Iran

by Atlantic Council experts

We turned to our global network to explain how leaders in Europe, Asia, and Latin America are viewing the ongoing US-Israeli war against Iran.

MENASource

Trump wants Iranians to ‘take back their country’ from the regime. Can they?

by Alan Pino

To succeed in overthrowing the Iranian regime, an uprising would likely require a unifying leader, an effective organization, and the support of whatever remains of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Dispatches

Resolving the Greenland challenge through shared responsibility

Focusing on shared responsibility through shared sovereignty would be to the mutual benefit of the United States, Denmark, Greenland, and NATO.

Dispatches

Trump may move on from Greenland. Europe won’t.

by Jörn Fleck, James Batchik

Trump’s willingness to engage in brinkmanship with Europe over Greenland will have a lasting impact on how the continent’s leaders approach relations with Washington.

Memo to…

Memo to the president: Steps to secure a prosperous, US-aligned Venezuela

by Jason Marczak, Ambassador James Story, General (ret.) Laura J. Richardson, and Geoff Ramsey

One month after Nicolás Maduro’s removal from power, Washington has significant leverage it can use in the short term to boost the odds of a stable, democratic Venezuela emerging in the long term. To that end, our experts lay out the tough asks the US government should make of interim president Delcy Rodríguez.

Dispatches

How the IMF can help Venezuela stabilize its economy

by Martin Mühleisen

The institution can bring financing and technical assistance to a Venezuelan debt restructuring—and in a way the prevents preferential treatment to Chinese creditors.

Report

Putin’s next move? Five Russian attack scenarios Europe must prepare for

by Richard D. Hooker, Jr.

Whether emboldened by victory in Ukraine or motivated by a loss to pursue success elsewhere, Russian president Vladimir Putin is likely to continue his campaign of aggression. The Nordic and Baltic region, already subject to a campaign of intimidation, is in the Kremlin’s crosshairs—with these five places at greatest risk.

UkraineAlert

Vladimir Putin is trapped in a war he cannot win but dare not end

by Peter Dickinson

As the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale Ukraine invasion approaches, Vladimir Putin finds himself trapped in a war he cannot win but dare not end for fear of entering Russian history as the man who lost Ukraine, writes Peter Dickinson.