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How Michael Waltz might guide White House foreign policy Christopher Clary - January 14, 2025 What Waltz’s 2014 memoir tells us about Trump’s next national security advisor.
How HTS toppled Assad’s regime and ended Syria’s 13-year civil war Christopher Clary, Dipali Mukhopadhyay, and Kimberly Howe - December 17, 2024 A Good Chat on what brought down one of the most brutal regimes in modern history.
Join us for Harris-Trump debate bingo Kim Yi Dionne - September 10, 2024 Tuesday’s 9 p.m. debate is the first between Harris and Trump.
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Good to Know: U.S. war powers Andrew Rudalevige - February 22, 2024 Does the president or Congress have the power to go to war?
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