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1 month ago | 
foreignaffairs.com | Elliott Abrams |Stephen Biddle |Monica Duffy Toft |Stephen H Hadley
Over the past few years, concerns about China’s navy and its potential threat to U.S. interests have steadily grown. Two decades ago, the U.S. Navy had 282 battle-force ships against the Chinese navy’s 220, but by the mid-2010sthis advantage had disappeared. Today, Chinese ships outnumber those of the U.S. Navy 400 to 295. If the United States’ shipbuilding pace remains unchanged, this so-called ship gap will only continue to grow.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
goskagit.com | Monica Duffy Toft
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
idahopress.com | Monica Duffy Toft
US secretary of state has an expansive job that could make or break peace deals and key foreign alliances
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
theconversation.com | Monica Duffy Toft
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of state, will testify before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee as part of his confirmation process on Jan. 15, 2025. Rubio’s nomination is remarkable for several reasons, including the fact that Rubio has been a harsh critic of Trump. But the relationship between Trump and Rubio has improved in recent years, so much so that Rubio was a finalist to serve as Trump’s running mate in 2024.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
caledonianrecord.com | Monica Duffy Toft
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Jan 12, 2025 | 
yahoo.com | Monica Duffy Toft
The ongoing horrors unfolding in Israel and Gaza have deep-rooted origins that stem from a complex and contested question: Who has rights to the same territory? I am a scholar of international affairs, as well as territory and nationalism. Territory has been a central cause of conflict throughout history. Today, Israelis and Palestinians both claim the same swath of land as their own.
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Aug 15, 2024 | 
quincyinst.org | Monica Duffy Toft |Christopher Preble
For many Americans, the dominant image of the United States’ 20-year war in Afghanistan came at the very end: terrified Afghans storming the Kabul airport, clinging to departing planes, some falling to their deaths, desperately trying to flee the country as Taliban insurgents closed in on the capital. Three years ago this month, the longest and most expensive war in U.S. history, a conflict that resulted in 2,459 dead American soldiers and 20,000 more wounded, had ended in spectacular failure.
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Aug 15, 2024 | 
foreignaffairs.com | Michael Cohen |Christopher Preble |Monica Duffy Toft
For many Americans, the dominant image of the United States’ 20-year war in Afghanistan came at the very end: terrified Afghans storming the Kabul airport, clinging to departing planes, some falling to their deaths, desperately trying to flee the country as Taliban insurgents closed in on the capital. Three years ago this month, the longest and most expensive war in U.S. history, a conflict that resulted in 2,459 dead American soldiers and 20,000 more wounded, had ended in spectacular failure.
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Dec 18, 2023 | 
butlereagle.com | Monica Duffy Toft
The ongoing horrors unfolding in Israel and Gaza have deep-rooted origins that stem from a complex and contested question: Who has rights to the same territory? I am a scholar of international affairs, as well as territory and nationalism. Territory has been a central cause of conflict throughout history. Today, Israelis and Palestinians both claim the same swath of land as their own.
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Dec 13, 2023 | 
homelandsecuritynewswire.com | Monica Duffy Toft
GAZA WARIsraelis and Palestinians Warring Over a Homeland Is Far from UniquePublished 13 December 2023Seen from the perspective of territorial conflict, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is far from unique. Ultimately, the tragedy of deep attachment to a homeland territory lies in the fact that while it can create a sense of belonging for one group, it too often comes at the expense of another.
