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Military Industrial Complex

Could the US win a war with a near-peer adversary today?

It's about manpower, material, and most importantly, how we choose to use our military forces. We're doing it all wrong.

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Asia-Pacific

Middle Powers are setting the table so they won't be 'on the menu'

Often crossing continents, 'workarounding' is a strategy allowing states to cooperate on trade and policy outside rigid U.S.-China alignments.

Counter drone laser tech
QiOSK

Report: DoD lets CBP shoot balloon with laser in airspace meltdown

The Pentagon has been testing the tech despite FAA concerns it affects aviation safety

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Global Crises

We're burying the rules based order. But what's next?

Great power rivalry may actually make multilateral reform more rather than less likely. Here's how.

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QiOSK

Canada's moves suggest USMCA is on life support

Amid a growing rift with Trump, our friends to the north are looking to hedge their bets

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Global Crises

Nuke treaty loss a 'colossal' failure that could lead to nuclear arms race

Vermont Senator says work needs to be done now to reinvigorate discussions with Russia, as well as with China, which now has an estimated 600 nukes