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March 21, 2024​


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The U.S. Military's New Defense Budget Makes No Sense
by James Holmes
The Pentagon's budget request for FY 2025 would shrink the U.S. armed forces at a time when grave dangers are surging around maritime Eurasia. Read it here.

Americans Shouldn't Doubt the Nuclear Chain of Command
by Lawrence J. Korb & Stephen Cimbala
Much of the concern about the U.S. chain of command for authorizing nuclear first use or retaliation is based on misinformation or purely political motives. Read it here.

Congress Can Help Ukraine With Confiscated Iranian Weapons
by Jonathan Lord & Andrea Kendall-Taylor
Sending more Iranian weapons to Ukraine would be an effective complement to a larger aid effort at almost no additional cost to the U.S. taxpayer. Read it here.

Houthi Red Sea Attacks Carry Hard Lessons for the West
by Ramon Marks
Counting warships may no longer be the best guide for assessing a country’s ability to halt and control sea lanes. Read it here.

Operation Odessa: Russia Wants the Entire Ukrainian Black Sea Coast
by George Scutaru & Matthew Boyse
Moscow’s recent behavior indicates that it seeks to snatch up what remains of Ukraine’s littoral, threatening Romania and Moldova. Read it here.



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with us,or against us
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befure its to late

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With Dune: Part Two continuing to conquer the worldwide box office, it is also causing some level of controversy among those who feel passionately about the original source material by late author Frank Herbert.
Some Dune scholars argue filmmaker Denis Villeneuve did a disservice to the material by changing aspects of certain characters, such as the Lady MacBeth-ing of Lady Jessica as well as mostly excluding the character of Alia. These stalwart Herbert-ians may or may not have salient points, but we have literal evidence that a strongly faithful adaptation of the novel wouldn’t have worked either.
Last year, while preparing for the release of my book, A Masterpiece in Disarray: David Lynch's Dune – An Oral History, I discovered a copy of a 321-page screenplay adaptation of Dune written by Herbert himself.