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How Humanitarian Aid Feeds War Machines B

By Netta Barak-Corren - Aug. 10, 2025

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Principles of Government · August 31, 2025 ·

By Netta Barak-Corren – Somalia shows how thoroughly diversion can be built into routine. Three clan cartels win most World Food Program transport contracts, skim 30% to 50% of the cargo, and then split the spoils with those who transport the food and those who control the displacement camps. Based on U.N. reports and monitors, my coauthor and I estimate in our study that barely one-eighth of donated food reaches intended households. Read More

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The Old Missile-Defense Debate Is New Again B

By Amb. Henry F. Cooper - April 29, 2024

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Principles of Government · August 31, 2025 ·

By Amb. Henry Cooper – The Union of Concerned Scientists backed the congressional opposition that sharply curtailed SDI efforts, limiting development of U.S. homeland defense to the most costly, least effective defenses: ground-based interceptors. This also canceled development of the most cost-effective defenses, those based in space, while claiming that such defenses would be excessively expensive, contrary to exhaustive technical and cost studies. Read More

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Can AI and Drones Replace Soldiers and Jets?

By Aaron Kaplowitz - July 4, 2025

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Principles of Government · August 31, 2025 ·

By Aaron Kaplowitz – Weeks later, Israel’s strike on Iranian nuclear facilities offered a sharper, more enduring lesson: The future of warfare isn’t about drones replacing jets—it’s about integration. While Ukraine revealed how smart, agile tactics can disrupt an adversary, Israel put on a masterclass in modern warfare by blending conventional and new battlefield technologies. Read More

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Christian Brose on the Coming Revolution in Military Tech

By Kate B. Odell - July 18, 2025

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Principles of Government · August 31, 2025 ·

By Kate B. Odell – Is America prepared for the new way of war? “At every level, I think, our conception of military power, and the industrial base that we’ve been optimizing to build it, is just systemically wrong,” says Christian Brose, …

Anduril’s inexpensive cruise missiles, unmanned wingmen for fighter jets, and other technology could be crucial to U.S. victory in a future conflict…

America needs military power that is “mass-producible, that is adaptable, that is scalable and that is fundamentally replaceable… 

The real U.S. defense challenge is injecting into the defense base “more of the American capitalist system at its best—more competition, more disruption, more innovation.”

…“We created an entire category of technology that didn’t even exist, dozens and dozens of companies that are funded with billions of dollars of private capital . . . trying to build military systems and defense capability.” Read More

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The U.S. Is Losing the Ability to Deter War With China AA

By Seth G. Jones - Nov. 26, 2024

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Principles of Government · September 18, 2025 ·

By Seth G. Jones – America is rapidly losing the ability to deter China in the Taiwan Strait and elsewhere due to a weak defense industrial base. The Trump administration can revitalize this base by increasing procurement funds, making defense systems critical for warfighting and deterrence in Asia a priority, and cutting excessive contracting regulations. Read More

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Characteristics of Government

  • INTRODUCTION
  • SOCIALISM
  • COMPETITION
  • DEMOCRACY AND VOTING
  • SOCIAL POLICIES EFFECTS ON DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT
  • GOALS OF PROGRESSIVISM AND THE MODERN LEFT
  • EVOLVING IDEOLOGIES
  • DEMOCRACIES AND NATIONAL DEFENSE

Principles of Government

  • INTRODUCTION
  • CITIZENSHIP
  • BELIEF SYSTEM
  • GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE AND POLITICAL SYSTEM
  • FISCAL POLICIES
  • SOCIAL POLICIES
  • FREE MARKETS AND REGULATION
  • SOUND MONEY
  • THE RULE OF LAW
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Characteristics of Government

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  • DEMOCRACY AND VOTING
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  • EVOLVING IDEOLOGIES
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