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From Shaheds to Strait Control: Why Iran Can Still Influence Global Trade

Raphael Chiswick0 Comments

On Saturday, the 14th of March 2026, President Donald Trump stated that the United States had destroyed ‘100% of Iran’s military capability’. If there is one thing that the war…

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State-Sponsored Trolls as An Emerging Threat

Sean G. McKelvey0 Comments

Published: March 19, 2026 The digital public square has transformed how Americans encounter information, debate ideas, and form political identities. Social media platforms promise open dialogue, but their algorithms often…

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Much Ado About Nothing: The Proliferation Debate Post Venezuela

Soumyadeep Bidyanta0 Comments

The morning of January 3rd, 2026, a U.S. Army delta-force team conducted an operation in Caracas, Venezuela, capturing President Maduro and his wife. The operation comes in the wake of…

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An Identity Crisis in Europe’s Russian Frontier

Chris Sproesser0 Comments

A cultural feud over the legacy of the American Civil War has raged in the United States for over 150 years, pitting sympathizers of the Lost Cause against their opponents…

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Ukraine and the Failure of Western Assumptions

Kirk Fansher0 Comments

Ukraine did not just resist invasion; it shattered Western assumptions. In the weeks leading up to Russia’s 2022 invasion, the dominant view across Europe and the United States was that…

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The Conversation Europe Never Wanted: Hypersonic Tensions and U.S. Defense Strategy

Brandon Toliver4 Comments

Picture a late-night briefing room in Europe. Screens glow. A map of western Ukraine fills the wall. A red arc appears, moving faster than anything else in the inventory of…

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Nuclear Danger Remains in Ukraine Peace Settlement

Stephen Cimbala0 Comments

The Alaska summit between Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin on August 15, 2025, together with the follow-on meetings in Washington, DC, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European heads…

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Restoring Ukraine Sovereignty Requires Restoring Deterrence

Peter Huessy0 Comments

The impact on American security from the Ukraine conflict, especially the impact on the nuclear and extended deterrent for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) are significant. A key part…

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Trump’s Path to an Imperfect Peace in Ukraine

Alan Dowd0 Comments

“You can always count on Americans to do the right thing,” Churchill is credited with saying, “after they’ve tried everything else.” It seems that wry observation may now apply to…

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The Return of the United States Primacy

Todd Clawson0 Comments

The death of the United States’ unipolar moment is exaggerated. Foreign policy experts claiming the United States is on the decline and international relations are headed to multipolarity are less…

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Restoring Deterrence

Peter Huessy1 Comment

Victor Davis Hanson commemorated D-Day and reminded Americans of how difficult it was for the allies in WWII to recover from the May 26–June 4, 1940, evacuation from Dunkirk. For…