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Loosening the Gordian Knot of Global Terrorism: Why Legitimacy Must Anchor a Counterterrorism Strategy
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Iran at the Breaking Point: How Afghanistan and Iraq Still Inform U.S. Strategy
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The Long Arc Of American Power
OPINION — “We [the U.S.] began as a sliver of a country and next thing you know we're a continental power, and we did not do that primarily through [...] More
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