Tehran’s Strategy to Drive America Out of the Middle East; How Technology Empowers—and Imperils—Dictators; Trump Has Already Undermined NATO and Allied Deterrence
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Why Iran Escalates

Tehran’s Strategy to Drive America Out of the Middle East

By Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar

 

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A demonstration of AI surveillance technology, Phoenix, Arizona, May 2026

The AI Autocrat

How Technology Empowers—and Imperils—Dictators

By Seva Gunitsky and Bruce Schneier

 

What America and China Fear Most About AI

A Conversation With Kyle Chan and Helen Toner

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The Crumbling Defense of Europe

Trump Has Already Undermined NATO and Allied Deterrence

By Franklin C. Miller, Eric Edelman, and Walter B. Slocombe

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