38 North
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- Hezbollah’s Shift to Attrition Offers Iran a Lasting Tool to Pressure Israel and the US
- Increasing Drone Attacks on Zawiya Risk Triggering an Oil Shutdown and Wider Conflict in Western Libya
- Sensing the Surveillance State: Argentina’s Expanding Policies and Technologies of Mass Surveillance
- Medical Surveillance
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- Update: Absolute and
Relative Morbidity Burdens Attributable to Various Illnesses and Injuries
Among Active Component Members of the U.S. Armed Forces, 2025
- Update:
Hospitalizations Among Active Component Members of the U.S. Armed Forces,
2025
- Update: Ambulatory
Health Care Visits Among Active Component Members of the U.S. Armed
Forces, 2025
- Update: Morbidity
Burdens Attributable to Various Illnesses and Injuries Among Deployed
Active and Reserve Component Members of the U.S. Armed Forces, 2025
- Update: Medical
Evacuations Among Active and Reserve Component Members of the U.S. Armed
Forces, 2025
- Update: Absolute and
Relative Morbidity Burdens Attributable to Various Illnesses and Injuries
Among Active Component Members of the U.S. Coast Guard, 2025
- Surveillance
Snapshot: Illness and Injury Burdens Among Recruit Trainees of the Active
Component of the U.S. Armed Forces, 2025
- Update: Absolute and
Relative Morbidity Burdens Attributable to Various Illnesses and Injuries
Among Non-Service Member Beneficiaries of the Military Health System,
2025
- Surveillance
Snapshot: Illness and Injury Burdens Among Reserve Component Members of
the U.S. Armed Forces, 2025
- Surveillance
Snapshot: Illness and Injury Burdens Among Reserve Component Members of
the U.S. Coast Guard, 2025
- Annual Review of
Reportable Medical Events at Military Health System Facilities, January
1, 2025–December 31, 2025
- Army History, Spring 2026, no. 139
- Lust, Duty, and
STDS: Fraternization and Disobedience in American-Occupied Germany,
1945–1946
- I Am an American:
The Nisei Soldier Experience
- "Soldier's
Paradise: Gis on the French Riviera
- Beyond Victory: How Should Israel’s War Against Iran Be Assessed?
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- Can Fiscal, AI, or Monetary News Explain the Rise In R*?
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- National Security Implications of Building Frontier AI Data Centers Overseas
- Tracking Turnover in the Second Trump Administration
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- A Geothermal and Nuclear Strategy for the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation
- Whither the Coalition? Assessing the Prospects of a Diverse Sanctions Coalition in Defense of Taiwan
- Civil Defense in the 21st Century
- The Future of Russia’s Military Elite: Promotions, Careers, and Advancement in the Russian Senior Officer Corps
- Moldovan Analytical
Digest
- No. 007: Ukrainian
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- Current Trends in
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- The Pandemonium
Narrative and Its Limits: Artificial Intelligence and the Islamic State’s
Innovation Pattern
- Assessing African
Jihadist State Takeovers: Capability, Will, and the Puzzling Logic of
Inaction
- Is Mali the Next
Afghanistan, Syria, or Somalia? Comparing JNIM to Its Jihadist Peers
- Local Expansion,
Transnational Interests? The Evolution of the Islamic State’s Sahel
Province
- When Religion
Becomes Governance: The Kadyrov Case
- A Look into the
Indonesian Jemaah Islamiyah’s Ideological Shift
- Telegram Deepfake Bots Are Built to Survive Takedowns, and Target Women by Default
- Variation in the
Taliban's Implementation of Restrictions on Women and the Media
- Training for Multi-Team Working: A Systematic Review of Training Approaches, Competencies, and Outcomes
- Youth Exploitation, Harm, and Violence in Online Networks
- Entangled Deterrence: China’s Strategic Expansion and the New Strategic Reality
- PLA Arms’ Tactical Support to Joint Warfighting: PLA Aerospace Force
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- African Solution or African Burden? The Asymmetries in AU Leadership in Peace Operations
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- Europe's Energy
Security in 2026: More Resilient, But Systemically Exposed
- The Impossibility of African Union Conflict Prevention
- Golden Dome for America (GDA) Hub
- Press Release -
Department of War Launches the 'Golden Dome for America Hub' To
Accelerate Industry Engagement, Revolutionize Homeland Missile Defense
Partnerships
- Modernized Selected Acquisition Reports (MSAR)
- DOWIG-2026-107
Immediate Attention Required to Repair DoW Infrastructure in the U.S.
Pacific Command Area of Responsibility
- DOWIG-2026-106
Evaluation of the DoW’s Interim Actions to Promptly Reduce Risk and
Mitigate the Spread of Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances
- Operation Atlantic Resolve (OAR)
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- GLOBSEC
Competitiveness Tracker: Energy Security & Critical Raw Materials
- Airports: Online
Information Is Widely Available for General Aviation Fuel Prices but Not
for Required Fees GAO-26-108578
- Army Depot
Maintenance: Information on Workload, Workforce, and Challenges
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- Combating Fraud:
Managing Risks in Federally Funded, State-Administered Programs [Reissued
with revisions on Aug. 7, 2026] GAO-26-109100
- National Crisis and
Support Hotlines: Contact Volume Increased and Operations Remained
Relatively Consistent in 2025 GAO-26-109046
- State Department:
Standards for Overseas Housing Need Review GAO-26-107965
- Maritime Legislation: Explainer and Next Steps
- The Nuclear Force of Necessity: Force Design for the Near-Term Deterrence Crisis
- Inertial Confinement Fusion Is Key to America’s Nuclear Deterrent
- Remedies Abandoned: US Civil Rights Enforcement Under the Trump Administration
- Ukraine Military
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- Africa File
- August 13, 2026 AU
Somalia Mission in Peril; Puntland Consolidates Control
- China & Taiwan
Update
- Iran Update
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Update
- The Kremlin is Cultivating an AI-Trained Global Media Cadre for Lasting Influence
- Russian Occupation
Update
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Campaign Assessment
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- Marine Corps History, Winter 2025/26, v. 11, no. 2
- Chaos, Confusion,
and Cornflakes: The Muddled Logistics of Guadalcanal
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Fountain—Myth, Art, Archetype, and Integration
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- CMSI Quarterly Review, Summer 2026, v. 1, no. 7
- From Coastal Defense
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- CMSI Archive
Translation: Planning and Managing Maritime Affairs, Safeguarding
Maritime Rights and Interests, and Building a Powerful Navy
- CMSI Archive
Translation: A Study of Maritime Strategic Thoughts of Mao Zedong, Deng
Xiaoping, and Jiang Zemin
- CMSI Archive
Translation: Science of Military Strategy: Naval Strategy
- CMSI Archive
Translation: An Analysis of the Necessity and Feasibility of
Strengthening Construction of a Far Seas Navy
- CMSI Archive
Translation: Promote the Transformation of Naval Strategy, Safeguard
Maritime Security
- CMSI Archive
Translation: The Complexity of the Maritime Military Struggle Calls for a
Powerful Navy
- CMSI Archive
Translation: On the Navy’s Strategic Positioning in the New Era
- CMSI Archive
Translation: Excerpts from Introduction to Warship Technology and Design,
Second Edition
- CMSI Archive
Translation: PLAN Research Priorities: Outstanding Doctoral and Master’s
Thesis Finalists
- CMSI Archive
Translation: An Analysis of China’s Maritime Development Strategy and
Trends in Ship Development
- CMSI Archive
Translation: Though the Path is Long, We Will Get There if We Walk,
Though the Task is Difficult, We will Succeed If We Try
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- AI and Elections: The Requirements for Safeguarding Democracy
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- Second Trump Administration Has Ended Temporary Protected Status for Most Immigrants Who Had It
- AI Development in the United States and China: Evidence from a New Dataset of AI Developer Firms
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Edison's Wildfire Recovery Compensation Program: A Look at Performance to
Date
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& Development
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[open access article]
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article]
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access article]
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Terrorism
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Studies
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article]
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