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Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend the group photo session during the BRICS Summit at the Xiamen International Conference and Exhibition Center in Xiamen, southeastern China's Fujian Province on September 4, 2017. Xi opened the annual summit of BRICS leaders that already has been upstaged by North Korea's latest nuclear weapons provocation. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / Kenzaburo FUKUHARA (Photo credit should read KENZABURO FUKUHARA/AFP via Getty Images)

Xi Jinping and Narendra Modi during the BRICS Summit in Fujian, China, on September 4, 2017. (Kenzaburo Fukuhara/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

China Tests America’s Will with Clashes along India Border

Husain Haqqani

Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia

Aparna Pande

Senior Fellow

Husain Haqqani & Aparna Pande

Dec 27, 2022

Commentary

4 Min Read

A CV-22 Osprey from the 71st Special Operations Squadron takes off after landing on a designated landing zone in Albuquerque, New Mexico, December 29, 2022. The 71st SOS regularly conducts training flights as part of their mission to train warriors, professionalize Airmen, and employ airpower. (U.S. Air Force photo by A1C Ruben Garibay)

A CV-22 Osprey takes off in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on December 29, 2022. (US Air Force photo by Ruben Garibay)

Commentary

The Defense Budget in Perspective

(Screenshot via NewsNation)

In the Media

Sending Patriot Missiles to Ukraine Is Not an Escalation

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark

Dec 21, 2022

In the Media

Senior fellow for foreign policy and defense at the Hudson Institute Luke Coffey unpacks the ongoing war in Ukraine as Russia amplifies missile barrage on Ukrainian cities.

(Screenshot via Fox News)

In the Media

Will Belarus Become a Player in the Ukraine War?

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Luke Coffey

Dec 17, 2022

In the Media

(Screenshot via CNBC/YouTube)

In the Media

The B-21 Raider and the Future the US Bomber Force

Thomas DiNanno

Former Adjunct Fellow

Thomas DiNanno

Dec 16, 2022

In the Media

URAGA CHANNEL, Japan (February 17, 2016) – The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Murasame-class destroyer JS Ikazuchi (DD-107) transits Uraga Channel in front of Mt. Fuji. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. j.g. William McGough) LEAVE A COMMENT

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Murasame-class destroyer JS Ikazuchi transits Uraga Channel in front of Mt. Fuji on February 17, 2016. (US Navy photo by William McGough)

Podcast

Japan Releases National Security Strategy

Patrick M. Cronin

Asia-Pacific Security Chair

Patrick M. Cronin

Dec 16, 2022

Podcast

(Screenshot via NewsNation)

In the Media

US Poised to Send First Patriot Missile Systems to Ukraine

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark

Dec 15, 2022

In the Media

Preparing for the Final Collapse of the Soviet Union and the Dissolution of the Russian Federation

A destroyed Russian tank stands by the road in front of an orthodox temple in the liberated town of Sviatohirsk, Ukraine, on November 30, 2022. (Andriy Andriyenko/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Reports

Preparing for the Final Collapse of the Soviet Union and the Dissolution of the Russian Federation

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Luke Coffey

Dec 14, 2022

Reports

12 Min Read

An American F-35B Lightning fighter jet accelerates on deck of the HMS Queen Elizabeth on September 28, 2020. (Marine Corps photo by Joseph Freshour)

Commentary

How to Counter China’s Military Ambition

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Dec 9, 2022

Commentary

4 Min Read

Paratroopers take part in the Caucasus 2020 joint military drills, which included Russian and Belarusian troops, on September 25, 2020, in Southern Russia. (Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Will Belarusian Troops Join Russia in the Campaign against Ukraine?

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Luke Coffey

Dec 9, 2022

Commentary

4 Min Read

Ukrainian servicemen at a site of a residential building destroyed by a Russian missile attack near Kyiv, Ukraine on November 23, 2022. (Maxym Marusenko/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Commentary

The Future of the Russo-Ukrainian War: Winter Cognitive Warfare

Koichiro Takagi

Japan Chair Fellow (Nonresident)

Koichiro Takagi

Dec 8, 2022

Commentary

12 Min Read

151020-N-JC374-240 ARABIAN GULF (Oct. 20, 2015) Eric Sharp, an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) operator assigned to Commander, Task Group (CTG) 56.1, recovers a MK 18 MOD 2 UUV after an operational test. The MK 18 MOD 2 UUV uses side scan sonar to search and discover objects of interest. CTG 56.1 conducts mine countermeasures, explosive ordnance disposal, salvage-diving, and force protection operations throughout the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd

An unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) operator recovers a MK 18 MOD 2 UUV after an operational test off the coast of Bahrain on October 20, 2015. (US Navy Photo by Jonah Stepanik)

Commentary

Submarines Will Not Solve America’s Eroding Undersea Advantage