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Middle East

November 1, 2023

Flood the Gaza Tunnels

The biggest problem confronting Israel in its war on Hamas is how to destroy the Gaza tunnel networks and the terrorist operations therein. Bombing...

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Indo-Pacific/Asia

October 2, 2020

How Great Power Competition Is Changing the Geopolitics of Mongolia

Highlights To protect its sovereignty and independence, Mongolia has walked a geopolitical tightrope tethered by a "good neighbor" policy with Russia...

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Grand Strategy

October 2, 2020

The Line Between Conflict and Stability in Great Power Competition

Highlights With the U. S.

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Critical Infrastructure

October 2, 2020

The Return of Big Infrastructure as a Geopolitical Tool

Highlights Infrastructure is a high priority in developing countries, but its expense presents major problems for countries trying to secure...

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Terrorism

October 2, 2020

Ending Burma's Rohingya Dilemma

French President Charles De Gaulle once famously asked how you can govern a country with 246 kinds of cheese. He might as well have been thinking of...

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Military Strategy

October 2, 2020

12 Big Changes in Afghanistan Strategy

Several authors are promoting the narrative that President Trump’s new strategic approach to Afghanistan is not much different from that of President...

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Military Strategy

October 2, 2020

Development at War: A Short History

Socioeconomic development plays a major role in cold, conventional and irregular warfare. Recent history illustrates how the nature of that role...

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Uncategorized

October 2, 2020

USAID and State: On Marrying Bears and Frogs

The debate continues to rage in Washington, D. C.

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Uncategorized

October 2, 2020

Strategic Realities: Re-Thinking Afghanistan

Afghanistan may be the most complex theatre of irregular warfare in the world . The country is a black hole of physical, religious, social, ethnic,...

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U.S. Intelligence Community

October 2, 2020

USAID and National Security

The White House proposal in February to cut 37% from the budget of the State Department and Agency for International Development (USAID) quickly...

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