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Time to Lose Your Illusions on North Korea
A Cultural Failure: U.S. Special Operations in the Philippines and the Rise of the Islamic State
Two Asia Hands Clash Over the Future of U.S. Strategy in the Region
The Future of War is Fast Approaching in the Pacific: Are the U.S. Military Services Ready?
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Lady Gaga’s Air Force and the Grunt-Angel for Marines: An Infantry Officer’s Unlikely Exploration
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Multi-Domain Battle: A New Concept for Land Forces
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Moscow’s Assaults on American Democracy Began 80 Years Ago
The Risks and Rewards of Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War
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Israel’s Forthcoming Security Dilemma
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A Cultural Failure: U.S. Special Operations in the Philippines and the Rise of the Islamic State
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How Many Fighters Does the Islamic State Really Have?
Don’t Kill the Caliph! The Islamic State and the Pitfalls of Leadership Decapitation
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The Massive Protest Putting Turkey’s Erdogan on the Defensive
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The Theological Battle Between ISIL and the Turkish State
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Struggling with Cyber: A Critical Look at Waging War Online
Trolling for Trump: How Russia Is Trying to Destroy Our Democracy
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The Cyber Workforce Gap: A National Security Liability?
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Lying to Ourselves: The Demise of Military Integrity
Millennium Challenge: The Real Story of a Corrupted Military Exercise and its Legacy
Why We Still Need the Draft
Revitalizing Wargaming is Necessary to Be Prepared for Future Wars
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Pakistan’s Anxieties are Incurable, So Stop Trying to Cure Them
Afghanistan and Considerations of Supply
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It’s Much Bigger Than Afghanistan: U.S. Strategy for a Transformed Region
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Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Un-Discipline Yourself: Reflections on Ideas for a Disordered World
Francis J. Gavin
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