The Latest Military Purge Signals China’s Leader Is Entering a New Era; How to Limit Hamas’s Influence and Ensure Israel’s Compliance; Why No One Should Have Expected Trump to Retreat
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Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, December 2025

Xi the Destroyer

The Latest Military Purge Signals China’s Leader Is Entering a New Era

By Jonathan A. Czin and John Culver

 

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Hamas militants in Gaza, December 2025

Peace Through Leverage in Gaza

How to Limit Hamas’s Influence and Ensure Israel’s Compliance

By Dennis Ross and David Makovsky

 
U.S. President Donald Trump speaking to the media, Washington, D.C., December 2025

The Illusion of Isolationism

Why No One Should Have Expected Trump to Retreat

By Michael E. O’Hanlon

 

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A soldier holding a drone at a military parade in Washington, D.C., June 2025

What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong About National Security

Defense Tech Innovation Requires Government Intervention

By Margaret Mullins

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