The Coming Crisis in Strategic Stability; Why Beijing Can’t Stop Wasteful Spending; Similar Wars End in Similar Ways
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The Strange Defeat of Nuclear Deterrence

And the Coming Crisis in Strategic Stability

By Rose Gottemoeller

 

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The Jiaozhou Bay Bridge in Qingdao, China, June 2011 

China’s Edifice Complex

Why Beijing Can’t Stop Wasteful Spending

By Ning Leng

 
U.S. flight operations during the Iran war at an undisclosed location, March 2026 

Iran as Vietnam, Ukraine as Korea

Similar Wars End in Similar Ways

By Gideon Rose

 

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A cargo ship at the port of Oakland, California, February 2026  

The Illusion of Reciprocity

Trump’s Self-Defeating Trade Policy

By Inu Manak and Allison Smith

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