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As the United States approaches the 250th anniversary of its founding, two works offer valuable, fresh views of the American Revolution.

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The army’s “transformation in contact” exercise, carried out this fall through the Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center, was a good step in this direction. Although this exercise was not long ...

As a result, NATO allies have sent Ukraine hundreds of billions of dollars in military, economic, and humanitarian assistance to prevent it from losing the war and collapsing. The Europeans have ...

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DAVID M. LAMPTON is Professor Emeritus and Senior Research Fellow at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. He is former President of the National Committee on U.S.-China ...