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With Friends Like These: World War II Advisory Efforts and the Origins of Sino-U.S. Competition
U.S. Intelligence and the Chinese Communists in World War II (Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2024); Zach ...
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Drones, AI, and the Changing Nature of Warfare
Marshall Kosloff talks with Stacie Pettyjohn about the roles of uncrewed systems and artificial intelligence in shaping the ...
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The Adversarial: Maximum Pressure
Welcome to The Adversarial. Every other week, we’ll provide you with expert analysis on America’s greatest challengers: China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, ...
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How Naval Interdiction Could Help Curb Haiti’s Gangs
Money is the sinew of all wars. In Haiti, feuding gangs are financed by illicit traffic of all sorts, including narcotics and ...
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Behind Iran’s Surging Military Budget
On Nov. 8, 2024, Iran announced its proposed military budget for the year 1404 (March 2025–March 2026). In response to both ...
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Rewind and Reconnoiter: When Aid Turns Into Extremism
In 2018, Jessica Trisko Darden wrote "Compounding Violent Extremism? When Efforts to Prevent Violence Backfire" where she ...
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Balancing Risk: Ensuring the Safety of U.S. Peacekeepers in U.N. Missions
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s calls for the withdrawal of the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon peacekeeping ...
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As Ukraine Stumbles and Russia Advances, What Does it Mean?
Mike Kofman came by WOTR HQ to discuss the state of the front and findings from his most recent research trip to Ukraine.
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I Blame the Navy’s Strategic Woes on the Chiefs of Naval Operations
There is no shortage of problems confronting the U.S. Navy, as salvo after salvo of embarrassing stories attest. The range of problems is spectacularly depressing, addressing almost every facet of the ...