The “Chalabi Syndrome” and the Perils of Outsourced Regime Change

Why foreign-backed alternatives risk repeating Iraq’s destabilizing trajectory in Iran. The term “Chalabi Syndrome” is not a rhetorical invention or a passing political label. It is a warning—about the widening gap between a nation’s internal democratic will and externally engineered political projects. The reference is to the post-2003 experience of Ahmed Chalabi, whose lobbying […] The post The “Chalabi Syndrome” and the Perils of Outsourced Regime Change appeared first on Iran News Update.