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Farewell 2025, Hello 2026

In this special bonus episode, the Net Assessment crew – Chris, Melanie, and Zack - looks back on the highs (and lows) of 2025, and makes a few predictions for 2026. Thanks all around to our listeners, the Stimson Center, and University FM for their fantastic production.

Show Links:

Hadeel al-Salchi, "Search for Body of Last Hostage Held by Hamas in Gaza is Delayed Due to Bad Weather," NPR, December 16, 2025.

"Armitage's Story," Last Days in Vietnam, PBS.

Justin Bronk, "America's Drone Delusion," Foreign Affairs, December 15, 2025.

Christopher Clary, "Four Days in May: The India-Pakistan…

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