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M142 HIMARS launches a rocket on Russian position on December 29, 2023 in Unspecified, Ukraine. M142 HIMARS proved to be a highly effective weapon, striking targets both on the front line and deep in the Russian rear. (Photo by Serhii Mykhalchuk/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)

M142 HIMARS launches a rocket on December 29, 2023 in Ukraine. (Serhii Mykhalchuk/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)

Commentary

The Strategic Contest in Ukraine: A Pivotal War Foreshadowing a Major US-China Conflict

Tomas Janeliūnas

Former Visiting Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Tomas Janeliūnas

Jun 5, 2024

Commentary

4 Min Read

Images captured by the U.S. ASA Fort Dix (TSC) Training Support Center / Daniel Amburg)

A Short-Range Reconnaissance quadcopter in Fort Dix, New Jersey, on May 9, 2024. (Daniel Amburg via DVIDS)

In the Media

The New Iron Triangle

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark

Jun 5, 2024

In the Media

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In the Media

Deep Dive | June 3

Jonathan Hessen

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Michael Doran

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East

Jonathan Hessen & Michael Doran

Jun 3, 2024

In the Media

Taliban security forces demonstrate their skills during the ceremony in Guzara district of Herat province on June 22, 2023. (Mohsen Karimi/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Taliban Need to Change Their Ways

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Luke Coffey

Jun 1, 2024

Commentary

5 Min Read

Vladimir Putin attends the Victory Day military parade in Moscow on May 9, 2024. (Mikhail Klimentyev/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Respond to Putin’s Escalation Threats with Confidence, Not Cowardice

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

May 31, 2024

Commentary

4 Min Read

Russian President Vladimir Putin looks through the scope as he shoots a Chukavin sniper rifle during a visit to the military Patriot Park in Kubinka, outside Moscow, on September 19, 2018. (Photo by Alexey Nikolsky/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Russia’s Shadow War against the West Gains Momentum

Daniel Kochis

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Daniel Kochis

May 30, 2024

Commentary

4 Min Read

A US and a Chinese flag wave outside a commercial building in Beijing, July 9, 2007. (TEH ENG KOON/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

What Does America Want from China?

Mike Gallagher

Distinguished Fellow

Mike Gallagher

May 30, 2024

Commentary

10 Min Read

An aerial view of General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard on March 20, 2020 in San Diego, California. Deemed an essential part of the defense industrial base, NASSCO remains open despite the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)

An aerial view of General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard on March 20, 2020, in San Diego, California. (Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)

Reports

Staying Afloat: Why America Needs the Jones Act to Compete with China and What to Do Next

Michael Roberts

Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Michael Roberts

May 30, 2024

Reports

Long Read

The destroyer JS Yubetsu is launched at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries headquarters in Tamano, Japan, on November 14, 2023,

The Mogami-class frigate JS Yubetsu is launched at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries headquarters in Tamano, Japan, on November 14, 2023. (Japanese Ministry of Defense)

Reports

How Japan Can Become a Major Exporter of Naval Combatant Vessels

William Schneider

Senior Fellow

William Schneider

May 28, 2024

Reports

7 Min Read

A US Air Force B-52 Stratofortres and other aircraft fly in formation over the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt on February 24, 2024, in the Philippine Sea. (US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Thomas Gooley)

Commentary

Toward a New Pax Americana