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The Book About the U.S. Military That Everyone Should Be Reading Now

The Book About the U.S. Military That Everyone Should Be Reading Now

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Bobby Ghosh

The 156,000 and the 1.4 Billion

The 156,000 and the 1.4 Billion

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15.05.2026 8

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From Kyoto with Love: How Japan Conquered the World One Game at a Time

What is the most powerful instrument of Japanese soft power? If you answered anime or manga, you are not completely wrong, but you are not thinking...

07.05.2026 10

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Where Is Pakistan Again?

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29.04.2026 10

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Tehran Can’t Count on Hormuz

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13.04.2026 10

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The Charisma Wars

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10.04.2026 10

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The Charisma Wars

In November 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev arrived at his first summit with Ronald Reagan looking and sounding nothing at all like any previous Soviet...

10.04.2026 10

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Why Dubai Will Abide

10.04.2026 20

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Those Who Cannot Remember the Past Condemn Others to Repeat It

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31.03.2026 10

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Controlling the Strait of Hormuz is Iran’s Real Nuclear Option

For years, the nightmare scenario for the West was an Iranian finger on a nuclear trigger. The United States, Europe, and Israel spent decades and...

26.03.2026 20

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Jürgen Habermas, the Last Rationalist

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16.03.2026 10

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No, Turkey Is Not the New Iran

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09.03.2026 10

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Iran’s Mullahs Backed the 1953 Coup. What Will They Back Next?

Any time there is a crisis in Iran, the 1953 British-American coup against Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh is dusted off as Exhibit A in the case...

05.03.2026 20

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Bored by Biathlon? The Winter Games Need Ping-Pong.

The overwhelming majority of people in the world either don’t know or don’t care that the Winter Olympics are under way in Milan Cortina. But it...

18.02.2026 10

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A Cricket Crisis With Olympic Consequences

06.02.2026 30

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The Compromise Olympics

02.02.2026 10

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Why Doing Nothing on Iran Might Be Trump’s Hardest Choice

21.01.2026 20

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Why Companies Need a Chief Geopolitics Officer

19.01.2026 20

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The Manager-Monarch Who Saved Oman

13.01.2026 70

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Trump Has No Good Options On Iran

12.01.2026 30

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Iranians Are Protesting. Reza Pahlavi Can’t Save Them

10.01.2026 20

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The Real Reason Why Trump’s Venezuela Strike Should Scare Taiwan

07.01.2026 20

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Venezuela Isn’t Panama—No Matter How Much Trump Wishes It Were

04.01.2026 150

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Erdogan’s S-400 Trouble Was of His Own Making

23.12.2025 40

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Why Iran Is Going After Its Best

18.12.2025 20

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Tech’s Tarnished Halo

02.12.2025 20

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An Unusual Election in Iraq Offers the U.S. an Unusual Opportunity

18.11.2025 10

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France’s Failure in Mali Threatens the World

05.11.2025 20

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Dubai Chocolate Swells U.A.E. Soft Power

29.10.2025 20

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Plush Power

24.10.2025 10

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Can Hamas Still Control Gaza?

16.10.2025 20

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What Trump Does—and Doesn't—Get Credit for in Gaza

14.10.2025 30

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Modi Can’t Afford to Cut Ties with Trump

02.09.2025 20

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Trump Is Seduced by a Summit, Again

17.08.2025 20

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