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Peace to Prosperity, 2.0: Israeli-Palestinian Relations Post-Elections
Sometime this winter, after the dust has settled from the American and Israeli elections, the Trump Administration will likely try to revive Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking. The latest Policy Brief from the Center for the National Interest (CFTNI), “Peace to Prosperity, 2.0:…
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Can Central Asia Be Afghanistan’s Bridge to the World?
In October 2026, the Taliban completed a 75-mile gravel road through the Wakhan Corridor, a narrow valley linking Afghanistan to China. The road is part of a Taliban campaign pressing Beijing to bring Afghanistan into the Belt and Road Initiative, but China has so far declined.…
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Should Federal Power Back Nuclear Power?
Nuclear energy has enjoyed both bipartisan political support and widespread investor interest in recent years. The Trump administration has established especially ambitious goals, including quadrupling generation. It has also pursued bold new domestic policy approaches, such as…
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America’s Bet on Post-Maduro Venezuela (w/ Richard Sanders)
America’s Bet on Post-Maduro Venezuela (w/ Richard | RSS.com Nine months after the US seizure of Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela has largely slipped from the headlines. Oil production in the country is steadily rising, however, and talks over a political transition are inching forward…
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September 21, 2026: “Victory for All of Us”
September 21, 2026: “Victory for All of Us” | RSS.com Russians went to the polls on Sunday for the first nationwide elections since the launch of the “special military operation” in 2022, choosing a new parliament and regional and local officials, even as thousands of Ukrainian…
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The Attack That Doesn’t Trigger Article 5 (w/ Fergus Hay)
The Attack That Doesn’t Trigger Article 5 (w/ Ferg | RSS.com A cyber attack on Jaguar Land Rover last year cost the British economy £2 billion. Had a Russian drone bombed a British oil refinery at a fraction of that damage, NATO would have invoked Article 5. But because a cyber…
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Can U.S. Companies Remain Neutral in U.S.-China Competition?
The intensifying competition between the United States and China poses unique challenges for American firms. Companies with significant dependencies on both countries are understandably reluctant to forfeit the benefits of working in either market and therefore wish to remain…
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September 14, 2026: The War Front and Center
September 14, 2026: The War Front and Center | RSS.com When Vladimir Putin traveled to New Delhi for the annual BRICS summit, viewers of Russia’s flagship Sunday news program might have expected lavish coverage of the president holding court with world leaders. Instead, Vesti…
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September 7, 2026: Watching Them Squirm
September 7, 2026: Watching Them Squirm | RSS.com At the SCO summit in Bishkek, Narendra Modi did something no one does to Vladimir Putin in public: he lectured him, urging him to move from “endless war” to “the end of war.” Putin sat and swallowed. Russian state television…
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The Kurds at a Crossroads: A Survey of Politics and Society
In the spring of 2026, the Center for the National Interest surveyed leading Kurdish intellectuals in Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Türkiye to try to gauge how Kurdish politics is evolving. The period leading up to the survey had witnessed some dramatic changes. The Syrian Transitional…