Publications

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  Paul Saunders Writes on Economic Implications of the Iran War

  In his contribution to the Stimson Center‘s “Reimagining US Grand Strategy” series, Center for the National Interest President Paul Saunders argues that America’s reflexive focus on gasoline prices badly understates what’s at stake in the Persian Gulf. He takes measure of the global energy system, and warns that an indefinite “no-war, no-peace” standoff with a

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  Regional Perspectives | Nechirvan Barzani and the New Kurdish Diplomacy

  The Center for the National Interest is pleased to share its first paper in a new series, Regional Perspectives. The series will aim to provide a venue for guest authors to present their views of what the world looks like from outside America’s borders. In the paper, “Nechirvan Barzani and the New Kurdish Diplomacy,” Dr.

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  Reality Always Wins | Who Russians Really Want in Charge

  In his latest Reality Always Wins post, Paul Saunders digs into a striking recent finding: 55% of economically-active Russians say they’d prefer to be governed by an AI algorithm than by their current corrupt officials. Saunders reads the result less as enthusiasm for machine rule than as a quiet protest vote against Russia’s political system—a

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  Iran: The U.S. Needs to Find an Offramp, Soon

  Ten weeks after the U.S. and Israel began their campaign of military strikes against Iran, a ceasefire remains in place, but negotiations appear deadlocked. In the Center for the National Interest’s latest Policy Brief, CFTNI Senior Fellow Greg Priddy assesses current circumstances and U.S. options in what has become an economic war of attrition. In

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  Reality Always Wins | Has Foreign Intelligence Taken Over Job Web Sites?

  In his latest Reality Always Wins post, Paul Saunders raises a concern he’s been quietly tracking for years: many “geopolitical risk analysis” job postings on major employment sites read suspiciously like foreign intelligence recruitment pitches. Drawing on his own brush with a sketchy “consulting” offer he ultimately reported to the FBI, Saunders walks through the

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