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Arabs, Turks and Persians: Geopolitics and Ideology in the Greater Middle East
For decades, the Greater Middle East has been a leading challenge to American foreign policy. This vast region - ranging from North Africa in the west to Afghanistan in the east, and from the borders of Central Asia down to the Horn of Africa in the south - has been a cauldron of turmoil that has affected not just American interests, but generated threats to the American homeland.
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Proposing a Peacetime Doctrine for USSF Domain Development
U.S. Space Force strategy must extend beyond “right of bang” and focus on shaping the operational environment through posture, partnerships, and technology before conflict arises.
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Warfare in the Age of AI
Latest In-House Bulletins
Africa Political Monitor No. 50
Sudan Paramilitary Forms Rival Government;
China, Kenya Upgrade Ties Amid Global Challenges;
Trump Administration Shutters Africa Infrastructure Agency;
Gabon’s Military Leader Secures Controversial Presidential Victory;
Congo, Rwanda Edge Toward Peace Deal
China Policy Monitor No. 1633
PRC Factories Slow as Trade War Takes Its Toll;
Beijing Pumps Cash Into The Chinese Economy;
Taipei Cracks Down On PRC ID Holders;
China Interfering In Philippine Elections – Manila;
China And Egypt Hold First Joint Air Force Exercises
Defense Technology Monitor No. 110
An Additive Boost for Sub Supply;
3D Printing That's Out Of This World;
Starlink in China's Crosshairs...;
...While Beijing Readies HPM Weapon;
Chainmail, Reinvented
Global Islamism Monitor No. 128
Amman Cracks Down On The Ikhwan;
Russia Rehabilitates The Taliban;
Doha Deepens Its Stake in Post-Assad Syria...;
...As Damascus Grapples With Inconvenient Jihadis
Indo-Pacific Monitor No. 44
Foggy Bottom: Pyongyang Still Pursues Bioweapons;
Washington, Manila Conduct "Full Battle Test"...;
...As Ties With Tokyo Blossom;
Seoul Worries Over Chinese Expansion
Information Warfare Watch No. 45
The BBC Makes The Case;
RT is Gaming The Western System;
How The Houthis are Messaging;
Info Target: Israel
Iran Democracy Monitor No. 242
Iran's Killer Regime;
Regime Proxies Face The Future;
Oil Boosts The IRGC Further;
Dividing Lines Deepen in The Caucasus;
Iran Abandons The Houthis
Resource Security Watch No. 60
In Trump's military, a more skeptical view of climate;
China's future energy source;
Africa searches for answers to food insecurity;
China accelerates stockpiling efforts
Russia Policy Monitor No. 2676
"Black Widows" Game The Ukraine War;
Moscow's Foreign Legion;
Europe Plans Accountability For Putin;
Moscow Versus The Occult and "New Age";
A Helping Hand For Pyongyang?
South Asia Strategy Monitor No. 23
Doha Deepens Its Stake in India;
Pakistan's Westward Push;
India, France Plan Small Modular Nuclear Reactors;
Afghanistan's Taliban Head East
Ukraine Reform Monitor No. 15
A Personnel Scandal Roils Military Procurement...;
...And Gets Others Involved;
Court Reforms Kick Into High Gear;
Ukrainians Fear Graft More Than War