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This week’s highlights:

- Losing the War of the Future by Paul Scharre

- The Next Russia Threat by Michael Kofman

- China Could Win Taiwan Without Fighting by Richard Haass and David Sacks

- When a Cease-Fire Is Really a Stalemate by Hussein Banai

- Podcast: Ian Bremmer discusses the long-term consequences of the Iran war

- Why “China First” Will Fail by Patricia M. Kim

- The Mirage of China’s Military Edge by Dennis Blair

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Losing the War of the Future

How New Technologies Threaten America’s Military Advantage

By Paul Scharre

The Next Russia Threat

Moscow’s Military Power After Ukraine

By Michael Kofman

U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, May 2026

China Could Win Taiwan Without Fighting

The Cost of Trump’s Equivocation

By Richard Haass and David Sacks

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump in Palm Beach, Florida, December 2025

When a Cease-Fire Is Really a Stalemate

Equilibrium With Iran Is the Best America Can Do

By Hussein Banai

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