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Breakup: Will the Iran War Split US-Israeli Ties?
Donald Trump struggled to end the war on Iran on terms he deemed suitable, even as the costs of the war rose. In part, that's because the Israeli leadership repeatedly undermined his negotiating po...
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The military strategy implications of the US-Israeli war with Iran warrant close scrutiny. The United States’ lack of operational success against Iran raises critical questions about US deterrence ...
Book Talk | Surviving Chaos: Geopolitics When the Rules Fail
Today, many of the rules, norms, and structures that have shaped international affairs for decades are crumbling under the weight of accumulating challenges. In an attempt to make sense of this “Un...
Book Talk | The Declaration of Independence: A Radical Experiment in Liberty
In his new book, The Declaration of Independence: A Radical Experiment in Liberty, Bradley Birzer – who has taught the American founding for years to his students at Hillsdale College – examines th...
Colombia’s 2026 Presidential Elections: Implications for US Policy
As one of the United States’ top security, trade and counternarcotics partners in the Western Hemisphere, Colombia’s May 31st presidential elections are bound to have major implications for U.S. po...
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President Trump’s Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, the “Donroe Doctrine,” suggests a return to outsized American influence in Latin America through military might and economic pressure. This aggre...
Beyond Aid: How Defense Integration Could Entrench US Support for Israel
The current Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the United States and Israel is set to expire at the end of 2028. Discussions are already underway about what the security assistance relations...
Book Talk | Security Through Co-operation: Attempts at US-Russian Accord After the Cold War
Today, as US-Russia tensions remain at their highest level since the end of the Cold War, it can be difficult to remember that, as the Soviet Union disintegrated and the new Russian Federation emer...
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Europe and the Iran War
The Israeli-US war on Iran and its economic consequences have caused a profound crisis in Transatlantic relations, causing some analysts to predict the imminent collapse of NATO. Even populist Righ...
China Bad? | GOING DEEP with Jake Werner
On this latest episode of Always at War, Courtney and Alex sit down with Jake Werner, head of the Quincy Institute’s East Asia program, to find out the answer to the question on everyone's lips in ...
Trump Returns to Beijing: A New Opening for US–China Relations?
On May 14–15, for the first time in nearly a decade, a president of the United States will travel to China. On the last presidential visit to Beijing in 2017, Donald Trump told Xi Jinping he though...
War by Algorithm
On this episode of Always at War, Courtney and Alex reveal the Department of War's newest scapegoat, Artificial Intelligence, and debate whether Congress will ever defend their constitutional power...
Grand Strategy Implications of Trump’s Iran Debacle: Is This the End of Primacy?
For decades, U.S. grand strategy has been defined by the pursuit of primacy and military dominance. But costly wars—from Iraq to Afghanistan—have repeatedly raised questions about whether this appr...