Leap of Faith
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Leap of Faith: Hubris, Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign Policy...

NATO is a transatlantic alliance of 30 like-minded North American and European countries securing peace since 1949.

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The Black Banners (Declassified): How Torture Derailed the War on Terror After 9/11
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The Black Banners (Declassified): How Torture Derailed the War on Terror...

NATO is a transatlantic alliance of 30 like-minded North American and European countries securing peace since 1949.

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Shields of the Republic: The Triumph and Peril of America’s Alliances
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Shields of the Republic: The Triumph and Peril of America’s Alliances

NATO is a transatlantic alliance of 30 like-minded North American and European countries securing peace since 1949.

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Thomas F. Lynch III
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Asia and the Indo-Pacific (South and Central Asia); Middle East and North Africa (Gulf Arab States); Great Power Competition (GPC); Counter-terrorism

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Future Strategic Concepts; Humanitarian Assistance & Disaster Relief; Insurgency/Irregular Warfare

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