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Blog Post
It’s Not Just Military Aid That’s in America’s Interests
Brian Webster
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Nancy Birdsall
April 28, 2022
This blog post is based in part on a presentation delivered by Nancy Birdsall on March 19th, 2022 as part of the MIT Seminar XXI program, hosted by Kenneth Oye.