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Isolationism and the Strategic Dilemma

Strategic and selective engagement, where the US chooses battles that protect its sovereignty, economic prosperity, and geographic security without being entangled in endless ideological wars.

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    Ebola Cases Surpass 3,200 Deaths Over 1,400

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    Kiev “Unintentionally” Attacked An Iranian Cargo Ship

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    Central Bank Digital Currencies are the Next Frontier in the Battle for Freedom

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    Critically, CBDCs are controlled by governments and therefore represent the polar opposite of the ideas – decentralization, open-source software, permissionless, peer-to-peer transactions – that made Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies such a revolutionary technology.

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    WHO Issues Tuberculosis Warning

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    Russia Conducts A Nuclear Weapons Drill

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