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“The great-power contest is not unfolding on battlefields or carrier decks, but inside data halls cooled by air conditioning, far from America’s shores,” argues Kody McKinley.

Silicon Statecraft: How U.S.-Gulf AI Deals Project Power

The great-power contest is not unfolding on battlefields or carrier decks, but inside data halls cooled by air conditioning, far from America’s shores.

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What began as a border-security pact now claims to represent a new vision for global governance.

Is the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Just a Talking Shop?

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization convened for its 25th summit in Tianjin on Sept. 1, the largest gathering of leaders in the organization’s history.

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No world war. No oil shock. No rally-around-the-flag. Just a reckoning for Tehran.

The 12 Days of War That Didn’t Ignite the Middle East or the World

For decades, predictions about a war with Iran carried an air of inevitability: Analysts warned a conflict would close the ranks of the Iranian military

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Current Taiwan wargames may be preparing for the wrong war.

A Wargame to Take Taiwan, from China’s Perspective

In August 2025, 25 international experts gathered at Syracuse University to do something unusual: plan China's invasion of Taiwan. For two days,

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Military innovation has always depended on something harder to measure.

Beyond Decision Superiority: The Role of Intelligence in Innovation & Adaptation

Wars are not won by speed and better decisions. They are won when weapons find their targets and destroy them. Yet in the race to build faster, cheaper,

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Most AI debates fixate on budgets or “killer robots.” The deeper questions are harder. This article is the first in a series confronting them.

Four AI Policy Choices Policymakers Can’t Afford to Get Wrong

Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of articles. Subsequent articles will examine answers to each of the four questions laid out below. As

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Maersk. Colonial Pipeline. Nord Stream. How many warnings does Washington need?

Supply Chains Are Critical Infrastructure. It’s Time U.S. Policy Caught Up.

In 2017, the world’s largest shipping company, Maersk, went dark. A state-sponsored cyber attack known as NotPetya spread from Ukraine into global

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After renewed clashes in Aleppo, is Syria any closer to settling its political future?

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“There is a foreign policy case for lending Argentina a hand, though perhaps not one stuffed with hundred-dollar bills,” argues Benjamin Gedan.

When Ideology Writes the Check: Washington’s Risky Bet on Argentina

Last month, Javier Milei, Argentina’s flashy libertarian leader, arrived in New York City not with his trademark chainsaw, but with his hat in his hand.

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America can’t prevent every crisis, but it can build a strategy that survives one.

Resilience in American Strategy Is More Important Than Ever

In 2021, Erica Lonergan wrote, “A Grand Strategy Based on Resilience,” where she argued the United States should focus more time and resources on

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The U.S. government can build fabs. The real test is whether “chip-for-chip” can make them run.

Can Lutnick’s Chip-for-Chip Idea Work?

The Commerce Department’s imminent Section 232 investigation — launched in April and expected to conclude soon — may fundamentally shift how the United

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A U.S.-backed peace plan takes shape in Gaza. Can it hold?

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Day-one doctrine often hardens into dogma. The time to wrestle with AI’s future is right now.

Four AI Policy Choices Policymakers Can’t Afford to Get Wrong

Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of articles. Subsequent articles will examine answers to each of the four questions laid out below. As

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Every time a port, pipeline, or platform goes dark, America gets a preview of the next crisis.

Supply Chains Are Critical Infrastructure. It’s Time U.S. Policy Caught Up.

In 2017, the world’s largest shipping company, Maersk, went dark. A state-sponsored cyber attack known as NotPetya spread from Ukraine into global

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Supply Chains Are Critical Infrastructure. It’s Time U.S. Policy Caught Up.

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Morgan Plummer's new piece in Cogs of War is one of the smartest takes yet on the choices shaping national security #AI. Early policy decisions are setting trajectories that will be hard to undo
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Four AI Policy Choices Policymakers Can’t Afford to Get Wrong

Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of articles. Subsequent articles will examine answers to each of the four questions laid out below. As

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Argentina doesn’t move global markets. So why might Washington write a bailout check?

When Ideology Writes the Check: Washington’s Risky Bet on Argentina

Last month, Javier Milei, Argentina’s flashy libertarian leader, arrived in New York City not with his trademark chainsaw, but with his hat in his hand.

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