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** March 25, 2026
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Where Is Donald Trump’s “Affordability Agenda”?
By Desmond Lachman
Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
Former Deputy Director, Policy Department and Review Department, International Monetary Fund
Former Chief Emerging Market Economic Strategist,Salomon Smith Barney.

The cumulative effect of the Trump administration’s Iran War, tariffs, fiscal policy, and Federal Reserve attacks will be greater inflation. And that's a problem in the run-up to the midterm elections. Read the full article here ([link removed]) .
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Amid War with Iran, the Arab World Is Looking for New Partners
By Arman Mahmoudian
Research Fellow, USF Global and National Security Institute
Adjunct Professor, Judy Genshaft Honors College, University of South Florida

Iran’s missile strikes on its Arab neighbors might lead those neighbors to seek closer ties with the United States—but could also cause them to distance themselves from it. Read the full article here ([link removed]) .
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Drone Warfare Has Come to the United States
By Glen VanHerck and Ramon Marks
VanHerck: Retired US Air Force General, Commander of NORTHCOM and NORAD
Marks: Retired International Lawyer

An apparent drone swarm near a US Air Force base unveiled numerous vulnerabilities in homeland air defense. Read the full article here ([link removed]) .
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The Iran War Just Exposed America’s Hidden AI Chokepoint: Helium
By Morgan Bazilian, Jahara Matisek, and Macdonald Amoah
Bazilian: Director, Payne Institute, Colorado School of Mines
Matisek: Command Pilot, US Air Force
Research Fellow, US Naval War College
Amoah: Independent Researcher

To deal with helium shortages from the war in Iran, Washington must treat helium as strategic, coordinate with allies, build redundancy, and incentivize recovery technologies. Read the full article here ([link removed]) .
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Taiwan’s Four Lessons from the Iran War
By James Holmes
J.C. Wylie Chair of Maritime Strategy, US Naval War College

Taiwan and Iran share a handful of geopolitical conditions—most obviously the need to deter a far larger and more powerful foreign aggressor. Read the full article here ([link removed]) .
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America’s Export Controls Shouldn’t Run on the Honor System
By Ryan Fedasiuk
Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University

A recent smuggling case against a major AI company highlights the limitations of existing US export controls—and the ways they could be improved. Read the full article here ([link removed]) .
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How the US and Japan Can Secure an Indo-Pacific “Golden Era”
By Kaush Arha
President, Free and Open Indo-Pacific Forum
Senior Fellow, Institute for Diplomacy, Security and Innovation, Pepperdine University
Senior Fellow, Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy, Purdue University

Sanae Takaichi’s recent talks with President Donald Trump underscore the need for an Indo-Pacific collective defense treaty and economic corridor. Read the full article here ([link removed]) .
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