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Intelligence, Strategy, and the Israeli-Iranian War
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We Need a Marine Corps, Part II: A Corps Confounded

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America’s Middle East Trap is China’s Strategic Windfall

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How the Arsenal of Democracy Can Get Back on its Feet with Some Help from the Past

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The Future of Software-Defined Warfare

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