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The US Still Needs an Iran War Strategy
What’s Really Driving The Strategy Behind Trump’s War On Iran
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The New Imperialists: How China, Russia and Iran are trying to remake the world
Today, a new axis of autocrats is trying to reshape the world order and sideline the United States in international affairs.
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Space Roles and Missions: From Fragmentation to Unity
The United States faces a fundamental organizational crisis in space. America’s space enterprise remains fragmented across multiple agencies with unclear roles, overlapping responsibilities, and competing authorities. This institutional confusion undermines national security, stifles commercial innovation, and threatens U.S. leadership in the vital space domain.
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Ukraine and the Changing Character of War
Latest In-House Bulletins
Africa Political Monitor No. 62
Nigeria works to mend fences with Washington;
Attack on Niger airport highlights growing extremist threats in Sahel;
Kenya's government accuses Russia of illegal recruitment;
DRC to expand critical mineral supplies to U.S. and UAE;
Sudanese paramilitary training camp identified in Ethiopia
China Policy Monitor No. 1669
Antisemitism with Chinese characteristics;
CCP defector details his repression of religious minorities;
New ethnic unity law promotes assimilation, mandates Mandarin;
CK Hutchison escalates lawfare after Panama seizes ports;
Australian businessman convicted of working for MSS
Defense Technology Monitor No. 116
Laser links at sea;
China deploys subsea computing;
The Pentagon is testing cyber defense in orbit...;
...While developing jamming weapons;
The drone-ification of the Black Hawk
Global Islamism Monitor No. 139
Syria's turmoil draws alarm...;
...And regional nations strategize;
...And ISIS regroups in Africa;
Cairo takes fresh aim at the MB
Indo-Pacific Monitor No. 53
China steps toward semiconductor supremacy;
Seoul searching for mineral alliances with Brazil;
Japan to deploy missiles on island near Taiwan;
Pakistan declares open war as cross-border strikes escalate;
Hormuz hinders trade across Asia
Information Warfare Watch No. 52
The continued push for a Kremlin-backed messaging app;
Hamas hearts Al-Jazeera...
...As the BBC's bias is exposed;
Australia tightens social media guidelines;
U.S. army focuses on disinformation
Iran Democracy Monitor No. 248
A new push for "morality";
Domestic repression deepens;
Iran expands missile capabilities;
Iranian investors eye the exits
Resource Security Watch No. 64
Africa's solar sector surges forward;
A new caucasian trade corridor takes shape;
A mounting Afghan food crisis;
A stockpile to counter China's mineral dominance;
A new role for agriculture in national defense
Russia Policy Monitor No. 2720
Moscow weighs its options in the Arctic;
Teen labor fuels Russia's drone production;
Kremlin documents reveal the human cost of the war;
Russia's shrinking arms trade
Ukraine Reform Monitor No. 21
Legislative graft... and an old face;
Kyiv seeks European markets for its defense tech;
...As Kyiv looks beyond China for drone production