The Dilemma of Duty Under Trump; The Autumn of the Ayatollahs; The End of Cybersecurity
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Hamas Is Not Done Fighting

As It Has in the Past, the Group Will Retrench and Rearm

 By Matthew Levitt

 

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The Dilemma of Duty Under Trump

What His Assault on the U.S. Military Means for America

By Max Boot

 
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The Autumn of the Ayatollahs

What Kind of Change Is Coming to Iran?

By Karim Sadjadpour

 

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Will the War in Gaza Really End?

A Conversation With Shira Efron, Khaled Elgindy, and Daniel Shapiro

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The End of Cybersecurity

America’s Digital Defenses Are Failing—but AI Can Save Them

By Jen Easterly

 
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How to Free Palestine

Turning the Gaza Cease-Fire Into Lasting Peace

By Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein