Russia and Ukraine Will Struggle to Reintegrate Millions of Veterans; America Can Make It Easier for Iranians to Revolt; How the Iran War Is Returning the Gulf to a More Insular, Conflict-Prone Era
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Ukrainian soldiers near the front line in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, September 2025 

The Lasting Wounds of the War in Ukraine

Both Sides Will Struggle to Reintegrate Millions of Veterans

By Dara Massicot

 

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Standing guard in front of a banner depicting Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei and his late father in Tehran, Iran, March 2026

How to Raise the Odds of Regime Change in Iran

America Can Make It Easier for Iranians to Revolt

By Kenneth M. Pollack

 
Smoke rising amid the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, Manama, Bahrain, March 2026 

The Gulf Goes Backward

How the Iran War Is Returning the Region to a More Insular, Conflict-Prone Era

By Amr Hamzawy

 

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Geopolitics in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Strategy and Power in an Uncertain AI Future

By Jake Sullivan and Tal Feldman

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