Category: National Security
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A 5‑Alarm Fire for Democracy: Deploying Troops Against One’s Own Citizens
“Enemy From Within” and the Threat of Domestic Militarization On September 30, 2025, President Trump stood before U.S. generals in Quantico and warned that “America is under invasion from within … no different than…
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How the U.S. Exported Democracy—and Why “Soft Power” Still Matters
If you spend enough time in the comments section of any news story involving foreign aid, military bases, or international students, you’ll likely run into some variation of this argument: “Why are we spending…