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The Multipolar Delusion And the Unilateral Temptation  By C. Raja Mohan

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Iran’s Divided Opposition Only a Unified Movement Can Threaten the Regime By Sanam Vakil and Alex Vatanka

How to Avert the Tragedy of Great-Power Politics Germany Knows the Costs of a World Governed by Power Alone By Friedrich Merz

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Asia After America How U.S. Strategy Failed—and Ceded the Advantage to China By Zack Cooper

Ukraine and the New Way of War Learning the Right Lessons for the Conflicts of the Future By Rebecca Lissner and John Kawika Warden

The Globalist Delusion Why America Must Build a New Operating System By Nadia Schadlow