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The End of the American Middle East

Iran and the Last Gasp of a Failed Order

By Marc Lynch

 

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How AI Could Hollow Out the U.S. Military

The Best Soldiers Know How to Think for Themselves

By Emelia S. Probasco

 
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Is a Post-American World Inevitable?

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