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An Analysis of Trump’s 2025 National Security Strategy

The White House has released a document that dismantles the post-Cold War consensus on American foreign policy. The 2025 National…

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Deborah Rod

The Proposed 2025 Ukraine Peace Deal: How NATO’s Security Architecture Is Being Rewritten

The geopolitical map of Europe is being redrawn. Not by the shifting frontlines of the Donbas, but by the pen…

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Alison O'Leary

Why the U.S., Russia, and China Are Ramping Up Nuclear Testing Activities

The specter of nuclear testing—a practice most Americans associate with Cold War-era footage of mushroom clouds—has returned to the headlines…

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GovFacts

Why It Took Years to Resolve the U.S.-China TikTok Deal

The multiyear effort by the United States to force Chinese company ByteDance to sell TikTok represents a true geopolitical drama…

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Barri Segal

How Cold War Rivalry Still Shapes America’s Space Policy Today

From the mission of the U.S. Space Force to NASA's ambitious return to the Moon, American space policy remains profoundly…

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Alison O'Leary

U.S. Space Policy: From Cold War Competition to Commercial Partnership

From the Cold War panic that birthed NASA to the modern establishment of the U.S. Space Force and the rise…

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GovFacts

A New Space Race: How America, China, and Russia Are Racing for the Moon and Mars

Countries now want resources and military advantage, not just bragging rights. The discovery of significant resources on the Moon, particularly…

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Deborah Rod

Why America’s National Security Council Obsesses Over Microchips

In the White House Situation Room, the President and senior cabinet officials convene to address the most pressing threats to…

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