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Defense / Middle East Security
Military Briefing: How Mines Could Tighten Iran’s Gulf Chokehold“There is a huge asymmetry between mine laying and mine clearing, because one is much easier than the other,” said Tom Shugart, a former submarine commander at the Center for ...
By Tom Shugart
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Trump Sons Are Behind a $750 Million Push Into Drone Warfare
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A fund that counts President Donald Trump’s eldest sons as partners invested in a pair of small companies last year: a construction firm that builds Orange Theory Fitness loca...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Iran Oil Hub Strike Raises Fears of Further Supply Upheaval“It’s Trump trying to escalate in order to de-escalate,” said Rachel Ziemba, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security. “The biggest risk to oil markets, and t...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Technology & National Security
The Artificial Intelligence Software Managing the U.S. War on IranTo strike approximately 1,000 targets within the first 24 hours of an attack on Iran, the U.S. military relied on the most advanced artificial intelligence ever deployed on th...
By Paul Scharre
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Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security
Putin’s ‘Hidden Hand’ Guides Iran’s Strikes in Widening WarRussian intelligence support for Iran’s deadly retaliation against the US, Israel and Gulf allies — as well as concerns China may also be helping Tehran — demonstrates deepeni...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Defense / Middle East Security
Known Knowns and the RestFog of (a social media) war? In an age where X is filled with unverifiable information, AI slop is becoming harder to identify, Iranians don’t have access to reliable internet...
By Carlton Haelig
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
How Will the War on Iran Impact the U.S. Economy?Rising prices on the back of US-Israel strikes on Iran are adding to the economic pressure facing US consumers despite efforts by US President Donald Trump to paint the war as...
By Rachel Ziemba
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The Two Main U.S. Inflation Gauges Are Telling Different Stories
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To know where you’re heading, it can help to know where you’ve been. With that in mind, the pre-Iran war readings on US inflation aren’t entirely devoid of information. But so...
By Chris Kennedy
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Why Are Pakistan and Afghanistan at War?
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“Many people made this point to Pakistan’s leadership before the Taliban took over,” Lisa Curtis, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security and the former Sout...
By Lisa Curtis
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Trump Generating His Own Fog of Disinformation About Iran War
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While every military conflict brings difficulty in understanding what is really happening at the front lines, President Donald Trump’s war against Iran features its own unique...
By Jim Townsend
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Senators Can’t Agree on What to Make of Intelligence Anymore
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The first thing lawmakers did when President Donald Trump struck Iran was demand an intelligence briefing. After sitting in the same secure room in the Capitol, lawmakers from...
By Ian Bryan
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Middle East Security / Technology & National Security
Iranian School Was on U.S. Target List, May Have Been Mistaken as Military SiteThe Iranian elementary school building where scores of children were killed as the U.S. and Israel began their massive aerial campaign was on a U.S. target list and may have b...
By Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan
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Trump’s Actions in Iran and Venezuela Show Limits of U.S. Sanctions
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The United States has for years deployed a carefully designed economic statecraft playbook to pressure American adversaries to change their behavior....
By Alex Zerden
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Defense / Middle East Security
Iran War Tactics Evolve from past Conflict’s LessonsAfter more than a week of strikes, the US and Israel appear to be dismantling Iran’s military machine with startling speed. They’ve hit thousands of targets across the country...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
U.S. Consumers Express Dismay over Rising Gas Prices After Attack on IranSurging energy prices caused by the US-Israel war on Iran could ripple across the United States economy, heaping further strain on consumers at a time when cost-of-living issu...
By Rachel Ziemba
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National Security Human Capital
It Only Took 2 Weeks for the Iran War to Cause a Draft ScareAn awkwardly worded question and a poorly phrased answer by a government official have launched speculation and debate about the possibility of a draft. Most of it is wrong or...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Mideast Tanker Escort: High-Risk Mission for U.S. Navy
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US Navy escorts could help increase the flow of tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, but American warships accompanying slow-moving commercial vessels would face threats incl...
By Daniel Schneiderman
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National Security Human Capital
Fears of Military Draft Swirl amid Iran Conflict - Expert Weighs InWithin hours of the first American strikes on Iran Saturday, social media was buzzing with quips about Barron Trump rushing to the doctor to be diagnosed with bone spurs....
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Trump’s Iran War Will End When He Declares Victory — The Only Question Is When
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When will Donald Trump declare victory in Iran? The answer to that question could determine whether it’s a few days, a few weeks, a few months or even longer that American ser...
By Jim Townsend
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Maduro Gone, Khamenei Killed — Is Kim Jong-Un the Next Target as U.S. Normalizes ‘Decapitation Strikes’?
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The capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, during an early-morning raid on January 3, 2026, and then extracting him from his compound at Fo...
By Dr. Go Myong-Hyun
