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** March 7, 2026
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The Making of a Forever War in Iran
By Jon Hoffman
Research Fellow, Cato Institute

President Donald Trump has embraced the military hubris in the Middle East that he once condemned. Read the full article here ([link removed]) .
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America’s Data Center Boom Must Not Depend on Chinese Batteries
By Jesse R. Edmondson and Morgan Bazilian
Edmondson: Geologist; Director of Government Relations, Standard LIthium
Bazilian: Director, Payne Institute, Colorado School of Mines

The United States must build its own domestic battery supply chain to support the AI data center boom and reduce reliance on Chinese energy storage technologies. Read the full article here ([link removed]) .

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The Right Way to Increase Defense Spending
By Michael O'Hanlon
Director of Research, Foreign Policy Program, Brookings Institution

The US military is best served by steady and consistent growth in defense spending rather than sugar-high splurges. Read the full article here ([link removed]) .
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The “Shield of the Americas” Summit and Donald Trump’s Latin America Strategy
By Adam Ratzlaff
Founder and CEO, Pan-American Strategic Advisors

The US cannot sustain its influence in the Western Hemisphere through only multilateral bodies that the Trump administration chooses to engage with. Read the full article here ([link removed]) .
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How the Iran War Will Undermine US Competition with China
By Michael Schiffer
Partner, Scalare Advisors
Former Assistant Administrator, USAID Bureau for Asia

A war with Iran will be a disastrous strategic detour for the United States as it seeks to compete diplomatically, economically, militarily, and technologically with China. Read the full article here ([link removed]) .
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