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The Wargames That Prophesized America’s Defeat in Vietnam
It is the early 1960s and America stands at a crossroads in Southeast Asia. President Lyndon B. Johnson is in the midst of a ...
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In War and Society, Large Language Models Are What We Make of Them
Benjamin Jensen, one of the authors of this article, is the host of the new War on the Rocks members-only show, Not the AI ...
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Lai Ching-te’s First 100 Days and What It Tells Us About the Future
Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te has just completed his first 100 days in office, giving observers a taste of what the next ...
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Paint the B-52s Brightly: Reducing Confusion Between Conventional and Nuclear Weapons Is Essential
What if the next war goes nuclear because one side mistakes a conventional missile for a nuclear one, and responds ...
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South Korea’s Nuclear Latency Dilemma
Despite Washington’s efforts to alleviate South Korea’s security concerns, culminating in the April 2023 Washington ...
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Can ICE Pact Salvage American Shipbuilding?
Three sharp directors on the National Security Council staff invited Ryan over to the Eisenhower Executive Office Building to ...
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Rewind and Reconnoiter: China’s Palace Diplomacy in Africa with Joshua Meservey
Joshua Meservey wrote “China's Palace Diplomacy in Africa,"where he argued that China maintains a competitive advantage in ...
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Secure Visas for Afghan National Army Special Operations Command
As the third anniversary of the sudden and disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan has come and gone, the tragedy continues to play out. Hundreds of men and women who fought alongside American troops ...