America Needs a Defense Against Drones; Beijing’s Strategy to Create Stability Through Dependence; The Abiding Power of Sectarianism in the Middle East
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How to Secure the Sky

America Needs a Defense Against Drones

Theodore Bunzel and Tom Donilon

 

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China’s President Xi Jinping speaks during a bilateral meeting with Myanmar's military chief, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing (not pictured), ahead of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025, in the Guest House of Tianjin, China, 30 August, 2025.

How China Carved Up Myanmar

Beijing’s Strategy to Create Stability Through Dependence

Amara Thiha

 
A billboard featuring the late Shiite military leaders Hassan Nasrallah, Hashem Safieddine, and Qassem Soleimani, Tehran, October 2025

What Comes After the Axis of Resistance?

The Abiding Power of Sectarianism in the Middle East

Maria Fantappie and Vali Nasr

 

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A Ukrainian serviceman fires a howitzer near Kostiantynivka, Ukraine, November 2025

America’s Magical Thinking About Ukraine

A Bad Deal Is Worse Than No Deal

Sergey Radchenko

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