In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Vladimir Putin enters a hall to meet with graduates of higher military educational institutions at the Kremlin on June 23, 2025. (Alexander Kazakov via Getty Images)
A formation of Dongfeng-41 nuclear missiles takes part in a military parade celebrating the seventieth anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China in Beijing on October 1, 2019. (Xia Yifang via Getty Images)
Senior lecturer in the Department of Security Studies and Criminology at Macquarie University, Council of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute
President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pose for a picture with European leaders following a meeting at the White House on August 18, 2025. (Win McNamee via Getty Images)
A US Marine Corps VXE30 Stalker unmanned aerial system is staged during a maritime domain awareness training exercise in southern Finland on July 31, 2025. (DVIDS)
Senior Advisor, Foundation for the Defense of Democracies
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Richard Goldberg is a senior advisor at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies.
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Richard Goldberg is a senior advisor at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies. From 2019–2020, Richard served as the director for countering Iranian weapons of mass destruction for the White House National Security Council.
A Ukrainian soldier watches a self-propelled 220 mm multiple rocket launcher firing toward Russian positions on the front line in eastern Ukraine on November 29, 2022. (Anatolii Stepanov/AFP via Getty Images)