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Bad Ideas in National Security
CSIS Defense 360's series on "Bad Ideas in National Security" features short articles from our scholars on recently considered and not too obvious bad ideas in the defense and foreign policy space.
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December 13, 2018 | Moises Rendon While recent events in Nicaragua certainly differ from Venezuela’s experiences of the past four years, there is a clear consensus that the Ortega regime is following a similar path to that of Nicolas Maduro, writes Moises Rendon with the CSIS Americas Program.
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The Arab Gulf States and Iran: Military Spending, Modernization, and the Shifting Military Balance
December 12, 2018 | Anthony H. Cordesman, Nicholas Harrington

The report compares a range of sources to trace the history of the Gulf arms race in terms of military expenditures, arms transfers, and comparative rates of military modernization.
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Bad Ideas in National Security
D360’s Bad Ideas in National Security series features short articles from our scholars on recently considered and not too obvious bad ideas in the defense and foreign policy space.
Featured Series
Bad Ideas in National Security
D360’s Bad Ideas in National Security series features short articles from our scholars on recently considered and not too obvious bad ideas in the defense and foreign policy space.