Any serious discussion of how that instability has been sustained must eventually confront the role of the Islamic regime occupying Iran. For almost half a century, the Islamic regime in Iran has pursued a foreign policy that deliberately projects power beyond Iran’s borders. One reason Western governments remain reluctant to contemplate the end of the Islamic Republic is their fear of what comes afterwards. While a democratic Iran may not resolve the Morocco-Algeria dispute, its effects would reach far beyond Iran’s borders. It is time to ask a different question; how can the democratic world help bring about a stable, democratic Iran after the Islamic Republic?