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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 07: Pro-Palestinian activists protest the war in Gaza on the October 7th Anniversary at the Newscorp headquarters on October 07, 2025 in New York City. The protest was held on the second anniversary of Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel that killed about 1,200 people and saw 251 hostages taken. Forty-eight hostages remain in Gaza. Gaza’s health authorities say more than 67,000 Palestinians have been killed in a war that has also displaced roughly 2 million people. Talks are u

Pro-Palestinian activists protest on the October 7, 2025, in New York City. (Getty Images)

Commentary

Protests on October 7 Show It Was Never About a “Ceasefire,” It Was Anti-Israel Hate

Liel Leibovitz

Senior Fellow

Liel Leibovitz

Oct 8, 2025

Commentary

3 Min Read

Bryan Clark appears on ChinaTalk to discuss Russian drones, wargaming, the secretary of war, and other topics surrounding American politics today.

Lt. Gen. Patton with Maj. Gen. Walter Robertson pass in review of Army troops in April 1944 prior to the Normandy invasion in June. (US Army via Wikimedia Commons)

Podcast

Putin’s Drones, SecWar Patton, Wargaming, and Finding Subs

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark

Oct 8, 2025

Podcast

(School of War)

Podcast

China’s Subversive Strategies

Aaron MacLean

Senior Fellow

Aaron MacLean

Oct 8, 2025

Podcast

(Screenshot via News18)

In the Media

US-India Relations and Global Rebalancing

Bill Drexel

Fellow

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Bill Drexel & Walter Russell Mead

Oct 7, 2025

In the Media

Newly elected Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leader Sanae Takaichi celebrates after winning the LDP leadership election on October 4, 2025, in Tokyo, Japan. (Getty Images)

Commentary

Japan Gets New Kind of Leader

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Oct 6, 2025

Commentary

1 Min Read

The U.S. Capitol Visitors Center is closed to visitors during the federal government shut down on October 01, 2025 in Washington, DC. The government shut down early Wednesday after Congress failed to reach a funding deal. ( (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The US Capitol Visitors Center is closed to visitors during the federal government shutdown on October 1, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Via Getty Images)

Commentary

What’s at Stake in the Government Shutdown

Michael Solon

Senior Fellow

Michael Solon

Oct 5, 2025

Commentary

1 Min Read

The airborne unmanned combat formation passes through Tian'anmen Square during the V-Day military parade on September 3, 2025 in Beijing, China. (VCG via Getty Images)

An airborne unmanned combat formation passes through Tian'anmen Square during the V-Day military parade on September 3, 2025, in Beijing, China. (Getty Images)

Commentary

Parsing China’s Military Parade

Garrett Exner

Adjunct Fellow

Garrett Exner

Oct 3, 2025

Commentary

5 Min Read

(School of War)

Podcast

Grand Strategy

Aaron MacLean

Senior Fellow

Aaron MacLean

Oct 3, 2025

Podcast

U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth speaks to senior military leaders at Marine. (Getty Images)

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth speaks to senior military leaders at Marine Corps Base Quantico on September 30, 2025 in Quantico, Virginia. (Getty Images)

Commentary

In Defense of Secretary Hegseth’s Address to the Generals