Politicizing the System Makes Dangerous Failures More Likely; Ukraine Can Still Win; Might Unmakes Right
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Trump Is Breaking American Intelligence

Politicizing the System Makes Dangerous Failures More Likely

 By David V. Gioe and Michael V. Hayden

 

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Ukraine Can Still Win

Western Half Measures Have Prolonged the War, but Decisive Action Now Could End It

By Michael Carpenter

 
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Might Unmakes Right

The Catastrophic Collapse of Norms Against the Use of Force

By Oona A. Hathaway and Scott J. Shapiro

 

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