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A New Path to Middle East Security

How American Commitments in the Gulf Can Rebuild the Regional Order

By James F. Jeffrey and Elizabeth Dent

 

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Can Democracy Still Make a Comeback?

Hope for a Freer Future Is Dimmed but Not Lost

By Jane Harman

 
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The Strength of Trump’s Foreign Policy

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How China’s Rise Provoked America’s Illiberal Turn

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