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An aerial view of a container ship arriving at the Port of Oakland on October 10, 2025, in Oakland, California. (Getty Images)
Defense Strategy
Defense Strategy
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U.S.-China Summit Meeting, Rancho Mirage, California, June 8, 2013 (Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images).
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China's first aircraft carrier 'Liaoning' in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning province (STR/AFP/GettyImages)
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US and Japanese warships follow US aircraft carrier USS George Washington during a US-Japan military exercise at the Pacific Ocean on December 10, 2010. (TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP/Getty Images)
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Russian Tanks Arriving Near Simferopol, March 31, 2014 (Olga Maltseva/AFP/Getty Images)
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USS Barry launches a Tomahawk missile in support of Operation Odyssey Dawn March 19, 2011 (Jonathan Sunderman/U.S. Navy via Getty Images)
Experts
David Byrd
Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
Bryan Clark
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
Jack David
Senior Fellow and Trustee
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
