Similar Wars End in Similar Ways; The Real Test of Sheinbaum’s Security Strategy; How America Can Avoid Playing Into Adversaries’ Hands
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U.S. flight operations during the Iran war at an undisclosed location, March 2026 

Iran as Vietnam, Ukraine as Korea

Similar Wars End in Similar Ways

By Gideon Rose

 

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Standing guard at a port in Ciudad Madero, Mexico, May 2025

Why Mexico’s Cartels Are So Hard to Defeat

The Real Test of Sheinbaum’s Security Strategy

By David Mora

 
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, April 2026

How China and Russia Can Exploit the Iran War

And How America Can Avoid Playing Into Their Hands

By Jon B. Alterman and Ali Vaez

 

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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and U.S. Vice President JD Vance in Budapest, April 2026 

The Transatlantic MAGA Fantasy

How Trump Misread Europe

By Liana Fix and Michael Kimmage

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