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This is part of a running series of essays by Iskander Rehman, entitled “Applied History,” which seeks, through the study of ...

After Israel struck Iran’s nuclear facilities, there were good reasons to be skeptical about the official justification for ...

Located at the crossroads of vital Indian Ocean shipping lanes linking the Middle East and Asia, the Maldives has emerged as ...

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Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s recent visit to three Southeast Asian countries drew widespread headlines — not only for ...

The Multi-Domain War The challenge for the United States and most of its allies and partners lies in the fact that the legal principles applied during land warfare and counter-insurgency operations in ...