How the Iran War Will Transform America’s Military Role; The Alliance Has Survived 80 Years of Disagreement—and It Will Survive Again; Why a Cease-Fire Is Now a Real Possibility
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A U.S. fighter jet landing on an aircraft carrier in the Mediterranean Sea, March 2026

The Middle East Power Paradox

How the Iran War Will Transform America’s Military Role

By Dana Stroul

 

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At the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence in Kalkar, Germany, April 2026 

NATO’s Permanent Crisis

The Alliance Has Survived 80 Years of Disagreement—and It Will Survive Again

By Florence Gaub and Jonathan Heist

 
A Ukrainian soldier in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, May 2026

Ukraine Turns the Tide

Why a Cease-Fire Is Now a Real Possibility

By Jack Watling

 

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Bahrainian King Sheikh Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, April 2026

A New Order for the Gulf

The Region Must Build Its Own Security, Not Buy It

By David B. Roberts

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