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An illustration shows a fountain pen cap with a gun coming out of the end of it instead of a pen. America’s War Chest in Waiting
Washington's new tool of statecraft is a $200 billion checkbook.
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Donald Trump cuts an imposing figure against a dark nighttime background as he walks across a lawn with a parked helicopter and uniformed military officer standing in front of it. Trump wears a long black coat over a navy suit and red tie, along with a grey ballcap hat reading "USA." Trump Is Teaching the World to Fear America
Goodwill built over decades is now being squandered.
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Military personnel on the streets of Yangon, Myanmar on on December 28, 2025. A Rigged Election Is No Reason to Reengage Myanmar
Washington’s outreach to Myanmar’s junta is shortsighted.
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An illustration shows Donald Trump from the nose down with a red oil rig as a tie. The ‘Donroe Doctrine’ Makes No Sense
Even a generous reading results in a heap of contradictions.
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Artwork is displayed in a glass case depicting U.S. President Donald Trump wearing traditional Greenlandic snow goggles and clothing (a white puffy jacket) while digging up minerals with a kayak paddle. Trump’s Greenland Fixation Curdles Into a Crisis
Could the president really be so reckless that he would risk undoing America’s strongest alliance?
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A Lebanese army convoy heads to an abandoned tunnel said to have been used by Hezbollah outside the southern village of Zibqin, Lebanon during a press tour on November 28. Lebanon Is Disarming Hezbollah. The U.S. and Israel Can Do More to Help.
The Lebanese Armed Forces have a unique opportunity to assert meaningful sovereignty over their country.
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A man in a hi-vis yellow shirt and hard hat walks by a Bradly Fighting Vehicle. How to Fix America’s Broken Arsenal
The defense establishment has severe knowledge gaps about its own, aging industrial base.
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U.S. President Donald Trump and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, both wearing dark suits, walk together in the Gyeongju National Museum. The room has both red and gray carpet, wooden beams, and features a row of alternating South Korean and U.S. flags. South Korea’s Nuclear Latency May Be Washington’s Least Bad Option
With U.S. extended deterrence under strain, managing Seoul’s nuclear hedging may be safer than trying to stop it.
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U.S. President Donald Trump, followed by deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, after speaking to the press following U.S. military action in Venezuela, at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida. Trump Has a Strategy for Venezuela
It is designed to avoid repeating the mistakes of Iraq and Afghanistan.
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A painting shows soldiers on two sides firing rifles at each other with slain soldiers lying in heaps on either side and in the middle of the clash. The soldiers on the left wear uniforms with green jackets and fly a Mexican flag; on the right, American soldiers in blue jackets advance under their flag. James Polk’s Warning for Donald Trump
The Mexican-American War offers sobering reminders of the current U.S. intervention in Venezuela.
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A massive submarine parked on land within a scaffolded structure is seen from the front. Workers cross a catwalk stretching over the submarine, clearly visible against a pale gray sky. Russia’s Military Procurement Is a Warning for Europe
Putin’s order books reveal plans for conflict well beyond Ukraine
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A man holds a painting depicting U.S. President Donald Trump during a protest against U.S. intervention in Venezuela, in Buenos Aires. Trump Might Have His Hubris Checked in Venezuela
The president has launched a violent process of change that he can’t fully control.
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A protester holds up a sign depicting U.S. President Donald Trump’s signature hair atop the outline of Greenland during a demonstration near the U.S. Consulate building outside Nuuk, Greenland. Annexing Greenland Would Be a Strategic Catastrophe
Any attempt by the United States to claim the island would quickly spiral out of control.
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George W. Bush proclaims mission accomplished in Iraq Donald Trump Is Channeling George W. Bush
Iraq showed that removing a dictator isn’t the same thing as overcoming a dictatorship.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping, both wearing dark suits, walk in front of a line of Chinese soldiers dressed in uniform, sporting rifles. The Real Reason China and Russia Won’t Try a Maduro-Style Raid
U.S. rivals aren’t deterred by norms so much as by the limits of their own militaries.
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