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Xi Takes a Page From Mao’s Red Playbook (Craig Singleton, Foundation for Defense of Democracies)

In the 1985 blockbuster Back to the Future, California teen Marty McFly journeyed back in time to save his present. The film’s universal themes are...

Are vaccines and Afghanistan routes back to US-Iran engagement? (Barbara Slavin, Atlantic Council)

Efforts on the sidelines of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly last week to catalyze a swift return to talks on the Iran nuclear...

The military, intel, and law enforcement must collaborate in this new counterterrorism era (R. Clarke Cooper, Atlantic Council)

Not only did the American withdrawal from Afghanistan end a long-term presence in a country rife with conflict, but it also rendered inaccessible an...

Germany’s ‘messy’ post-Merkel moment (Sophia Besch, Jörn Fleck, Atlantic Council)

Now comes the hard part. Germany’s Social Democratic Party (SPD) topped outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel’s long-reigning Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in federal elections on...

How Olaf Scholz Won Germany (Dalia Marin, Project-Syndicate)

In the space of just months, Olaf Scholz has completely reversed the Social Democrats' decade-long decline. By running on a message of dignity and...

To Deter China, Relearn The Lost Art of Dissuasion (Bryan Clark, Dan Patt, Defense One)

In its upcoming defense strategy, the Biden administration will attempt to balance challenges from an increasingly capable Chinese military against fiscal constraints imposed by other domestic spending...

Misinformation Is About to Get So Much Worse (Saahil Desai, Defense One)

For years now, artificial intelligence has been hailed as both a savior and a destroyer. The technology really can make our lives easier, letting...

AUKUS: Good Goals, Bad Implementation (Bradley Bowman, Mark Montgomery, Defense One)

Eyeing an increasingly formidable Chinese military, the United States needs all the help it can get in the Indo-Pacific. That was Washington’s primary motivation...

Armored Troop Carrier Project to Link Baltic Sea Regional Partners (Olevs Nikers, The Jamestown Foundation)

In late summer, Latvia and Finland officially agreed on a deal for Riga to purchase more than 200 armored personnel carriers (APC) developed by...

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