The Making and Unmaking of American Dominance; Washington Can Win If It Works With Allies; What America’s Armed Forces Can—and Cannot—Do for Democracy
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A U.S. Navy aircraft carrier in the Gulf of Panama in Panama City, Panama, March 2026

Iran and the New Rules of Global Power

The Making and Unmaking of American Dominance

By Robert A. Pape

 

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U.S. President Donald Trump shaking hands with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing, May 2026

America Still Has the Upper Hand Over China

Washington Can Win If It Works With Allies

By Ben A. Vagle and Stephen G. Brooks

 
Members of the National Guard near the Washington Monument, Washington, D.C., June 2026

The Military and the Republic

What America’s Armed Forces Can—and Cannot—Do for Democracy

By Charles Q. Brown, Jr., Peter D. Feaver, and Andrew Kragie

 
Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Beijing, September 2025

Worse Than an Axis

Why the Informal Alignment of U.S. Adversaries Is So Dangerous

By Thomas Wright

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