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“The Putin-Prigozhin Game of Proxies,” Inkstick, August 3, 2023.
“The Indo-Pacific Is No Place for NATO,” Responsible Statecraft, July 11, 2023.
“The Ethics and Security Challenge of Gene Editing,” Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, June 26, 2023.
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