💬 Opinion Apr 1, 2026 · Stephen Holmes

Why America, Not Iran, Has a Succession Problem

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Why America, Not Iran, Has a Succession Problem
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The United States is fighting Iran—a state that built institutional continuity into its founding architecture—with strategic assumptions borrowed from more personalistic regimes, where decapitation can work. Ironically, under President Donald Trump, the US is reshaping its own political system in that direction.

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