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How to counter Beijing’s unauthorized “distillation.”
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U.S. military strikes and the risk of a quagmire.
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In trying to avoid a quagmire in Iran, America found a dead end.
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America and China cannot dominate or exclude each other.
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America should cofinance the continent’s rearmament.
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The Iran war has altered the Gulf’s balance of power—and the kingdom’s calculus.