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Unconstrained Foreign Direct Investment: An Emerging Challenge to Arctic Security
Bottom Left: Supervisory Senior Resident Agent Robert DeWitt of the FBI Des Moines Resident Agency (Omaha Division) delivers remarks during a press conference unveiling an outdoor media campaign to combat human trafficking in Central Iowa.
Transnational Challenges and U.S. National Security: Defining and Prioritizing Borderless Threats
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Future Policy Options for U.S. Efforts Against Al-Qaeda
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Independent Assessment of U.S. Government Efforts against Al-Qaeda
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The Origins and Development of A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower (2015)
A map of the Bay of Bengal, an oil platform, and fishing trawlers
Bangladesh v. India: A Positive Step Forward in Public Order of the Seas
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Analytic Framework for Emulating Russian Decision-Making
Serbian flag with Putin photos in a crowd
Shining a Light on the Western Balkans: Internal Vulnerabilities and Malign Influence from Russia, Terrorism, and Transnational Organized Crime
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Sources of Resilience in the Lord’s Resistance Army
BELGRADE, Serbia-A U.S. Navy SEAL assigned to Naval Special Warfare Unit 2 observes the target as a member of the Serbian Special Anti-terrorist Unit shoots in the prone position on the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon during a Special Operations Command Europe Joint Combined Exchange Training Nov. 28.
The Role of Special Operations Forces in Global Competition
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Russia's Approach to Cyber Warfare
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The Same, Yet Different: United States and Gulf State Interests in the Post-Arab Spring Maghreb
A SM-6 Dual I fired from USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) during a Dec. 14, 2016 MDA BMD test.
American Naval Policy, Strategy, Plans and Operations in the Second Decade of the Twenty-First Century
U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kevin B. Gray
The Future of U.S.-India Naval Relations
Brahmaputra River, India: people crossing the Brahmaputra River at six in the morning.
Water Resource Competition in the Brahmaputra River Basin: China, India, and Bangladesh
A bar graph outlining terrorist incidents in the USA
Asking the Right Questions: A Framework for Assessing Counterterrorism Actions
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Summary Report: U.S.-UK Integration in Helmand
 Flags and banners in front of captured Donetsk RSA on April 13, 2014. All flags with mourning ribbons.
Mobilizing Compatriots: Russia's Strategy, Tactics, and Influence in the Former Soviet Union
U.S. Marine Corps Civil Affairs Staff Sgt. Alan O'Donnell hands out soccer balls to children at a medical civic action project (MEDCAP) during Southern Partnership Station 2014.
Charting the Course for Civil Affairs in the New Normal
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Russia’s “Ambiguous Warfare” and Implications for the U.S. Marine Corps
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Rethinking the U.S. Approach to Boko Haram: The Case for a Regional Strategy
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CNA Small Group Discussion: Aiding Cameroon’s Effort to Counter Boko Haram
Two AK-47s under a book and ISIS flag
Diagnosing the Boko Haram Conflict: Grievances, Motivations, and Institutional Resilience in Northeast Nigeria
Sons of Iraq members prepare to secure a torture house for destruction in Iraq.
Risky Business: The Future of Civil Defense Forces and Counterterrorism in an Era of Persistent Conflict
Members of New York’s Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) following the 1981 Brinks’ armored truck robbery in Nyack, New York.
The “First War on Terrorism?” U.S. Domestic Counterterrorism During the 1970s and Early 1980s