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Episode 24: The Race to Mukalla, Arabian Elite Forces and the War Against Al-Qaeda - (book II in a series with Michael Knights)
Dave Brown and Jane Stokes
CMSI Translations #28: Uphold the Idea of a Maritime Community with a Shared Destiny and Forge a New Chapter in Maritime Military Security Cooperation
Du Bo and Wang Chenyuan
Set and Drift—Disposing of Sea Mines in Operation Desert Shield: Developing EOD Doctrine in Wartime
Thomas Bernitt, Michael Dalrymple, and Jason Gilbert
Closing the “Extreme Circumstances” Gap: The Legality of Nuclear Weapons When the Survival of a State is in Question
Christopher J. Hart
Why Taiwan Matters: A Short History of a Small Island That Will Dictate Our Future
Harold Ambler and Kerry Brown
At Sea against the Soviet Fleet: The Evolution of U.S. Navy Operational Intelligence in the Cold War
David F. Winkler and Bryan H. Leese
Red Moon Rising: How America Will Beat China on the Final Frontier
David T. Burbach, Greg Autry, and Peter Navarro
Review Essay—"Spoiling Victory: How Weaker Fleets Win": Deterrence and Denial: The Power of Fleets in Being
Norman Friedman and S.C.M. Paine
The Sources of Russian Aggression: Is Russia a Realist Power?
James Kraska and Sumantra Maitra
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