The Dangers of a Rapid Drawdown in American Forces; How Trump Can Finish the Job in Iran—and the Middle East; The Islamic Republic’s New Lease on Life
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How Russia Could Exploit a Vacuum in Europe

The Dangers of a Rapid Drawdown in American Forces

 By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Jim Townsend, and Kate Johnston

 

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How Trump Can Finish the Job in Iran—and the Middle East

Keeping the Pressure on Tehran Will Stabilize the Region

By James Jeffrey

 
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The Islamic Republic’s New Lease on Life

How the U.S.-Israeli Strikes Empowered the Iranian Regime

By Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar

 

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