Why a Desperate Regime Might Go After Soft Targets; As Imbalances Grow, a Backlash Is Brewing; Why Democracies Love Taxation—and Autocracies Hate It
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March 24, 2026 | View in Browser

 
At the funeral of a member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Tehran, Iran, March 2026 

Will Iran Turn to Terrorism?

Why a Desperate Regime Might Go After Soft Targets

By Matthew Levitt

 

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Assembling an electric vehicle at BYD's factory in Rayong, Thailand, July 2024

China Is Squeezing Southeast Asia

As Imbalances Grow, a Backlash Is Brewing

By Jessica C. Liao and Zenel Garcia

 
Outside the International Revenue Service Building in Washington, D.C., February 2025

Give Me Liberty and Give Me Taxes

Why Democracies Love Taxation—and Autocracies Hate It

By Vanessa Williamson

 
Presenting an AI-powered drone interceptor, Nowa Deba, Poland, November 2025 

The Autonomous Battlefield

And Why the U.S. Military Isn’t Ready for It

By David Petraeus and Isaac C. Flanagan

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