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Make universities limit ties to China — and fund US STEM students instead thehill.com/opinion/national…
Make universities limit ties to China — and fund US STEM students instead

Make universities limit ties to China — and fund US STEM students instead

The U.S. must attract the most talented foreign academics and researchers, but it cannot open its doors to students with direct links to the Chinese Communist Party.

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Trump should try to mediate Turkish-Israeli tensions in the Horn of Africa

Trump should try to mediate Turkish-Israeli tensions in the Horn of Africa

Tensions could explode into a new war between any two of the countries that are at loggerheads there, and that could in turn draw in both of those powerful states.

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How scared should we be now about cooperating with German intel?

German spy scandals are nothing new.

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Putin won’t likely use nukes, but Kyiv still needs US assistance thehill.com/opinion/national…

Putin won’t likely use nukes, but Kyiv still needs US assistance

There is reason to believe Putin would hesitate to approve a nuclear strike on Ukraine, no matter the situation on the battlefield.

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Washington must rejoin the Saudi war against the Houthis

Washington must rejoin the Saudi war against the Houthis

Ceding the region to China surely is not a prospect Washington should relish, even if it wishes to lower its Middle Eastern profile.

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Europe wants Canada in but keeps Turkey out

Europe wants Canada in but keeps Turkey out

Von der Leyen called Canada the “first associate member of the EU,” but Turkey has been an associate member for over six decades.

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US-Canada tariff war is a national security disaster for both countries thehill.com/opinion/national…
US-Canada tariff war is a national security disaster for both countries

US-Canada tariff war is a national security disaster for both countries

The current trade war could prompt a real rupture in the two countries’ military ties and the trust that binds their forces.

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The Mecca agreement’s message to Washington thehill.com/opinion/national…
The Mecca agreement’s message to Washington

The Mecca agreement’s message to Washington

A potential nuclear arms race in the volatile Middle East should be a major concern for Washington.

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What Trump’s cold shoulder toward South Korea means to our allies thehill.com/opinion/national…
What Trump’s cold shoulder toward South Korea means to our allies

What Trump’s cold shoulder toward South Korea means to our allies

Trump’s coupling of his desire to meet the North Korean dictator with the cutback in joint exercises with South Korea sends the wrong message.

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Will the Pentagon prioritize munitions when the Iran conflict ends? thehill.com/opinion/national…
Will the Pentagon prioritize munitions when the Iran conflict ends?

Will the Pentagon prioritize munitions when the Iran conflict ends?

Higher utilization rates ate into munitions stockpiles that were not sufficiently refilled.

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Will John Healey fund the UK defense increases he previously demanded? thehill.com/opinion/national…
Will John Healey fund the UK defense increases he previously demanded?

Will John Healey fund the UK defense increases he previously demanded?

Healey has moved from defense minister seeking an increase in his agency’s budget to leading the ministry that traditionally pushes for reductions in defense spending. 

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Opinion - Israel must stay out of the latest Iran-US fighting thehill.com/opinion/national…
Israel must stay out of the latest Iran-US fighting

Israel must stay out of the latest Iran-US fighting

Netanyahu must face down his own right-wingers as his predecessor did 35 years ago during the Gulf War.

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UK’s military decline will pose a major challenge for its new prime minister thehill.com/opinion/internat…
UK’s military decline will pose a major challenge for its new prime minister

UK’s military decline will pose a major challenge for its new prime minister

Spending on Britain’s forces is unlikely to survive other budgetary demands.

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Trump does an about-face on Ukraine and NATO, at least for now thehill.com/opinion/national…
Trump does an about-face on Ukraine and NATO, at least for now

Trump does an about-face on Ukraine and NATO, at least for now

Trump’s positive remarks about Ukraine certainly should be a cause for concern in the Kremlin.

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Zelensky should learn from Netanyahu’s mistakes thehill.com/opinion/national…
Zelensky should learn from Netanyahu’s mistakes

Zelensky should learn from Netanyahu’s mistakes

By actively influencing the negotiations, Zelensky can avoid losing the peace, even as he has successfully avoided losing the war.

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ISRAEL’S AMERICAN DILEMMA: HOW TO WIN BACK DEMOCRATS AND YOUNG PEOPLE – The Jerusalem Strategic Tribune jstribune.com/israels-americ…
ISRAEL’S AMERICAN DILEMMA: HOW TO WIN BACK DEMOCRATS AND YOUNG PEOPLE – The Jerusalem Strategic...

ISRAEL’S AMERICAN DILEMMA: HOW TO WIN BACK DEMOCRATS AND YOUNG PEOPLE – The Jerusalem Strategic...

Essays – By fighting shoulder-to-shoulder with the United States in two major military operations, Israel is benefiting from the closest relationship it has ever

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Israel, US are right to end military aid, initiate a defense partnership thehill.com/opinion/national…
Defense authorization bill puts US-Israel relations on more solid footing

Defense authorization bill puts US-Israel relations on more solid footing

The U.S. and Israel are seeking to enter a new phase of their relationship, one that treats the Israelis as a contributing partner to mutual defense and intelligence needs, with the goal of expandi…

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Iran’s win-win negotiating strategy thehill.com/opinion/national…
Iran’s win-win negotiating strategy

Iran’s win-win negotiating strategy

Iran has cleverly afforded the U.S. few options.

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Putin's frustration grows amid Ukraine conflict thehill.com/opinion/national…
This is not the time to withdraw troops from Europe

This is not the time to withdraw troops from Europe

Signaling force drawdowns from Europe only whets Putin’s insatiable appetite.

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Germany's Military Rise: Implications for Europe thehill.com/opinion/national…
A militarily expanding Germany has the right idea

A militarily expanding Germany has the right idea

When Friedrich Merz assumed the chancellorship last year, he promised that “the rule for our defense now has to be ‘whatever it takes.'”

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