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Trump Generating His Own Fog of Disinformation About Iran War
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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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 Program
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
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 Program
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
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’?
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
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / Middle East Security
America’s Military Is Focused on Iran. Its Biggest Challenge Is China.By CDR Thomas Shugart, USN
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Defense / Technology & National Security
The New Era of Drone Warfare Is Creating a New Level of Risk for Civilians, Even When They’re Not the TargetWith wars in the Middle East and in Ukraine, a new era of drone warfare has arrived that's harming more civilians....
By Molly Campbell
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The Merchants of War
On February 28, at 9:40 am local time in Sohrevardi Street in Tehran, the first thing Shirin noticed was not the blast but the quiet that came after it. Tehran, a city that us...
By Richard Fontaine
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Technology & National Security
Anthropic CEO Says Pentagon Ban Less Harsh than Hegseth Had ThreatenedThe official designation of Anthropic as a “supply chain risk,” delivered to the company Wednesday, imposed much milder penalties on the AI giant than Defense Secretary Pete H...
By Paul Scharre & Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan
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The Trillions of Dollars of U.S. Investment at Stake in the Gulf
Last year, the richest countries in the Persian Gulf pledged to pump trillions of dollars of investment into the U.S. in a bid to charm President Trump and strengthen ties....
By Rachel Ziemba
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Trump’s Iran Conflict Cuts the World off from a Crucial Energy Source
Countries across Europe and Asia are facing a potential energy crisis after an Irani drone strike shut down Qatar’s exports of liquefied natural gas this week, cutting off nat...
By Rachel Ziemba
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After Iran Strikes, N. Korea Sees Decapitation Threat as ‘Much More Real’: Experts
U.S. strikes on Iran, coupled with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s vow to “deal with” Tehran’s nuclear ambitions and that the effort would send “plenty of signals,” were inte...
By Dr. Go Myong-Hyun
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The Other Simmering Conflict on Iran’s Border
A border spat between Pakistan and Afghanistan may further destabilize a region already roiled by the U.S.- Israeli joint assault on Iran....
By Lisa Curtis
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Technology & National Security
Anthropic’s AI Tool Claude Central to U.S. Campaign in Iran, amid a Bitter FeudIn order to strike a blistering 1,000 targets in the first 24 hours of its attack on Iran, the U.S. military leveraged the most advanced artificial intelligence it’s ever used...
By Paul Scharre
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Trump’s Shifting Iran Strategies Risk a Chaotic Global Endgame
In the opening days of the Iran war, US President Donald Trump and his team have offered a series of often changing objectives for the campaign....
By Richard Fontaine
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Defense / Middle East Security
Why Iran’s Warship ‘Didn’t Have a Chance’ Against a Los Angeles-Class SubmarineThe U.S. military’s operations against Iran reached a new level of intensity on Tuesday when an American submarine torpedoed an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean, marking th...
By Tom Shugart
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Ask Politifact: What Does the Iran War Mean for Us Gasoline Prices?
When President Donald Trump delivered his State of the Union address in late February, he pointed to his efforts to reduce the price of a key consumer product: gasoline....
By Rachel Ziemba