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American Deterrence Unpacked
Authoritarian Adaptation and Great Power Competition
Deterrence Through AI-Enabled Detection and Attribution
Engage, Contain, Exclude, or Coexist?: How Liberal Democracies Cope with Illiberal Great Powers
Escalation Management in Ukraine: Assessing the U.S. Response to Russia’s Manipulation of Risk
How Private Tech Companies Are Reshaping Great Power Competition
Secrecy in the Liberal Order
Special Operations Forces in an Era of Great Power Competition
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How to Enlarge NATO: The Debate inside the Clinton Administration, 1993–95
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The Last Card: Inside George W. Bush's Decision to Surge in Iraq
The Lessons of Tragedy: Statecraft and World Order
The Shoals of Ukraine: Where American Illusions and Great-Power Politics Collide
What Went Wrong? U.S.-China Relations from Tiananmen to Trump
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