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Israel Strikes Iran's Nuclear Program
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In The NewsTrump Weighs War Intervention in Iran
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Israel-Iran Conflict
On June 12, 2025, Israel began a series of strikes against Iranian nuclear and military targets-- and Iran responded with force. Key questions about Iran's nuclear capabilities, wider regional instability in the Middle East, and the U.S.' role persist.
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Trump Weighs War Intervention in Iran
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War and International Politics
With the end of unipolarity, security competition among the great powers—China, Russia, and the United States—is back with a vengeance.
In the latest issue of International Security, John J. Mearsheimer argues that war is the dominant feature of life in the international system, mainly because of the nature of politics, and that politics is a fundamentally conflictual enterprise with the ever-present possibility of violence.
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Another Technology Race: US-China Quantum Computing Landscape
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