Behind the difference looms the specter of Russia, which each side sees in increasingly opposing terms.
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Targeted killings can disrupt an adversary, but they rarely lead to collapse — especially when the target is a nation-state like Iran.
China and Russia view the latest Washington intervention in the Middle East as a further decline of the United States’ global power.
US President Donald Trump has threatened to “demolish” Iran if it doesn’t reopen the crucial shipping channel, but it’s not the most likely path to reopening.
The Taliban and the Islamic State group are among the militant groups that have been known to use civilians as human shields in the past, in order to try to shift their opponents’ war calculations.
In the face of Russian military setbacks at the hands of a dogged opposition army, Russian President Vladimir Putin is focusing on targets that will put psychological pressure on the Ukrainian nation.
Leonardo’s professional life reveals his genius for creating technologies of destruction.
In Afghanistan, geopolitics are thorny, relationships are key and patience is strategy. The US president has outlined a decent plan, but can he see it through?
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Professor of Strategic Studies at the Marine Corps University School of Advanced Warfighting; Scholar-in-Residence, American University School of International Service
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Director, Gender and Women's History Research Centre, Australian Catholic University
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Professor, History, Dean of Arts, Australian Catholic University
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Professor of International Law, Australian National University
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Professor of Political Science, Tufts University
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Professor of Practice, International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology
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Professor of International Security and War Studies, University of Southern Denmark
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Associate Professor of Instruction in the School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies, University of South Florida