America and Israel May Have Bitten Off More Than They Can Chew; What Abandoning Democratic Allies Will Cost America; Why Shiite Militias in Iraq Are Mostly Staying on the Sidelines
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Why Escalation Favors Iran

America and Israel May Have Bitten Off More Than They Can Chew

By Robert A. Pape

 

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The Postliberal Superpower

What Abandoning Democratic Allies Will Cost America

By Michael Carpenter

 
Members of the Iraqi militia Kataib Hezbollah at a funeral in Baghdad, Iraq, March 2026

Iran’s Fair-Weather Friends

Why Shiite Militias in Iraq Are Mostly Staying on the Sidelines

By Elizabeth Tsurkov

 

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After years of crisis borrowing, public debt has reached historic highs. Rising interest rates mean governments can no longer defer difficult fiscal decisions. But reconciling competing priorities requires something in short supply: public trust. F&D’s March 2026 issue explores debt, financial markets, AI, and the political economy of fiscal consolidation.

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A cargo ship passing a Ukrainian patrol boat in the Black Sea, February 2024

The Paradox of Wartime Commerce

Why States Keep Trading Even in the Midst of Conflict

By Mariya Grinberg

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