War in Iran

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War Costs Make Up a Third of the $87.6 Billion Supplemental Request

by Mark F. Cancian and Chris H. Park

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by CSIS Scholars

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China’s SLBM Test
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Photo: Yan Linyun/Xinhua/Getty Images

Photo: Yan Linyun/Xinhua/Getty Images
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by Joseph Rodgers, Bonny Lin, and Leon Li

World Cup

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Photo: Keith Birmingham/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News/Getty Images
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Photo: Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto/Getty Images

Photo: Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto/Getty Images
Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Terrorism

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Photo: wragg/GETTY IMAGES

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