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Yemen’s drone doom loop: A model of instability for fragile states

The proliferation of cheap but effective UAVs will allow even the least sophisticated armed groups to wreak havoc. Yemen faces a drone doom loop that is a harbinger of things to come for many countries. The increasingly rapid diffusion of drone technology offers endless new opportunities for non-state, near-state, and …

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What if Israel didn’t set out to ‘destroy Hamas’?

The notion that a restrained reaction to outrageous provocation is often the wiser course has wide relevance. For example, it certainly applies to the U.S. reaction to 9/11, which cost trillions and led to well over a hundred times more deaths than the impelling event. And a case can be …

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