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100 _aZegart, Amy
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245 _aThe crumbling foundations of American strength: Knowledge is power—and the united states is losing it.
260 _aForeign Affairs
300 _a103(5), Sep-Oct, 2024: p.136-147
520 _aWhen Russia’s invasion of Ukraine appeared imminent in early 2022, U.S. intelligence officials were so confident that Russian tanks would roll quickly to victory that staff evacuated the U.S. embassy in Kyiv. Based on traditional measures of power, the intelligence assessment made sense. In 2021, Russia ranked fifth in the world in defense spending, whereas Ukraine was a distant 36th, behind Thailand and Belgium. Yet more than two years later, Russia and Ukraine are still fighting their brutal war to a standstill.- Reproduced https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/crumbling-foundations-american-strength-amy-zegart
773 _aForeign Affairs
906 _aINTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
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