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  Standards at Sea: A Strategy for U.S. and Allied Leadership in Civil Maritime Nuclear Energy

  The United States cannot win the maritime nuclear competition on construction volume, where China holds a structural advantage and Russia already operates commercial systems. In the near term, America’s more durable advantage lies in shaping the standards, licensing, and certification that will govern reactors, fuels, and port access in this market—and in doing so on

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  The Neutrality Trap (w/ Isaac Stone Fish)

  Three Questions The era of corporate activism is fading. On most issues, this shift toward political neutrality is welcome, but not when the issue is China. Virtually every major global firm now carries dependencies on both Washington and Beijing, and in a genuine crisis, both governments will move to leverage those dependencies to their own

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  U.S. Nuclear Cooperation in an Era of Strategic Competition

  As geopolitical competition reshapes global energy, security, and economic relationships, international nuclear cooperation is taking on renewed strategic importance. Several U.S. civil nuclear cooperation agreements under Section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act are currently pending or are expected to come before Congress. On July 22, 2026, the United States and Saudi Arabia announced a

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  Reassessing U.S.-Türkiye Relations: The View from Ankara

  At the recent NATO Summit in Ankara, President Trump announced a new opening in U.S.-Turkish ties, with an end to the long-standing sanctions on defense sales. In the latest report from the Center for the National Interest’s Regional Perspectives series, Dr. Hasan Mesut Önder asserts that this is only the start of a process to

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  The Case for Deeper U.S. Engagement with Afghanistan

  In the nearly five years since the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and the takeover by the Taliban, America has limited its engagement with the Afghan regime to securing the release of detainees and pursuing modest counter-terrorism cooperation. Kuchins proposes a pragmatic, step-by-step approach to interacting with officials in Kabul that could—in parallel with substantive collaboration

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