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The Real Purpose of a U.S.-Saudi Security Agreement
But that is the wrong way to look at a U.S.-Saudi treaty. In reality, the impetus for such a treaty preceded the conflict in ...
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The President Who Never Picked a Side
Other long-serving leaders of large developing countries such as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Turkish President ...
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Why Washington Has Failed to Solve the Border Crisis
On the cusp of the 2024 presidential election, immigration and U.S. border security are among the top issues of concern for ...
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Is a Full-Scale Middle East War Already Here?
The most important factor constraining a war between Iran and Israel is distance. The two countries do not share a border. At ...
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Russia Is Playing a Long Game in Moldova
But Russia’s efforts to control the country have ramped up in recent years, especially since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. Securing a more malleable, Moscow-friendly government in Moldova has, for ...
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The Upside to Uncertainty on Taiwan
By almost universal agreement, the Taiwan Strait has emerged as the most combustible flash point in the world. In recent years, China has dramatically increased the scale and intensity of its military ...
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The Battle Between Ideologues and Generals That Will Define the Country’s Future
To Break the Kremlin’s War Machine, the West Must Exploit the Grievances and Fears of Ordinary Russians ...
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Why Younger Russians Are Not Rebelling—and What It Means for the Future
At the beginning of Putin’s rule, when today’s 20- and 30-year-olds were still at a tender age, Russia was benefiting from ...
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Iran’s Nuclear Tipping Point
When it comes to Iran’s capacity and desire to develop nuclear weapons, conventional wisdom in the West has generally held ...
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The Brewing War With Israel Is Boosting Iran’s Young Hard-Liners
He could have used his network of proxies to launch an indirect attack against Israel or set off a wave of regional terrorism ...
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Stephen Wertheim
STEPHEN WERTHEIM is a Senior Fellow in the American Statecraft Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the author of Tomorrow, the World: The Birth of U.S. Global Supremacy.