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Risk Beneath the Waves: Safeguarding Subsea Cables for a Secure Global Network
Digital Report by Romina Bandura, Erin Murphy, and Thomas Bryja — March 5, 2026
$3.7 Billion: Estimated Cost of Epic Fury’s First 100 Hours
Commentary by Mark F. Cancian and Chris H. Park — March 5, 2026
Would Regime Change Solve the Iran Challenge? | State of Play
Transcript — March 4, 2026
Operation Epic Fury and the Remnants of Iran’s Nuclear Program
Critical Questions by Joseph Rodgers and Bailey Schiff — February 28, 2026
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The Impossible State Live Podcast: North Korea in 2026: Intentions, Realities, and Response
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The Afghan Civil Transition Crisis: Afghanistan's Status and the Warnings from Iraq's Failure
Report by Anthony H. Cordesman — May 18, 2014
"Reforming the 1973 War Powers Resolution," featuring Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA)
Event — May 14, 2014
Project Brief: Harnessing the Opportunity for Defense Integration in Global Value Chains
Report by Scott Miller and Paul Nadeau and David J. Berteau — May 14, 2014
The Obama Presidency: Is “King Log” Really Better than “King Stork?”
Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — May 13, 2014
Transition in Afghanistan: A U.S. Leadership Vacuum that Urgently Needs Hard Decisions and Real and Honest Leadership
Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — May 12, 2014
What Boko Haram Tells Us About Nigeria and why it’s so Difficult to Help
Commentary by Richard Downie — May 9, 2014
NSPIR Current Issues: The Impact of Sequestration on Defense Contract Obligations
Newsletter by Jesse E. Ellman — May 9, 2014
Sustaining the U.S. Lead in DoD Unmanned Systems
Event — May 8, 2014
Hard Choices for Manned Spaceflight
Report by James Andrew Lewis — May 8, 2014
North American Regionalism
Report by Carlo Dade, and Pamela K. Strarr and Carl Meacham — May 6, 2014