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	<title>Convenient Revolutionaries: Should the U.S Court Kurdish Fighters for its Conflict with Iran?</title>
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	<title>Toward a Framework for American Critical Minerals Supply Chain Security</title>
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	<title>Managing Escalation with Iran: How the United States can Secure the Strait of Hormuz without Triggering Wider Conflict</title>
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	<title>Policy Brief: U.S. National Security Strategy in the Middle East and Eastern Europe</title>
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	<title>Deterring Conflict in the Taiwan Strait: U.S. Policy Options for Preventing Chinese Aggression</title>
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	<title>Beyond Crime: Cartels as U.S. National Security Threats</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 04:14:45 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>A policy brief on Youth Unemployment as a National Security Threat in South Africa (2010–2024)</title>
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	<title>Reframing Border Security: A Human-Centered, Binational Approach to Migration Governance</title>
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