Iran, Venezuela, and the End of the Powell Doctrine; The PLA’s Tech Strategy Is Working; The Latest Strikes Risk Opening a Pandora’s Box in the Gulf
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Trump’s Way of War

Iran, Venezuela, and the End of the Powell Doctrine

By Richard Fontaine

 

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China’s AI Arsenal

The PLA’s Tech Strategy Is Working

By Sam Bresnick, Emelia S. Probasco, and Cole McFaul

 
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Trump’s Iran Gamble

How the Latest Strikes Risk Opening a Pandora’s Box in the Gulf

By Ali Vaez

 

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The Iranian Regime’s Existential Crisis—and What Might Come After Khamenei

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