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A US infantryman releases a Neros Archer small unmanned aircraft system for a test flight at Fort Irwin in California on October 25, 2025. (US Army)
National Security and Defense
National Security and Defense
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A Ukrainian soldier aims at Russian troops in Pokrovsk, Ukraine, on November 20, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks to reporters in Tokyo on November 21, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia and President Donald Trump at the White House on November 18, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
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US Air Force F-35A Lightning IIs and Israeli Air Force F-35I Adirs fly in formation during exercise Enduring Lightning III over Israel on October 12, 2020. (US Air Force)
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An intelligence specialist activates a Skydio X2 small unmanned aerial system to survey the defensive line for opposing forces during a simulated assault and seizure at Glen Airfield in Queensland, Australia, in July 2025. (US Marine Corps)
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French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on November 17, 2025, in Paris, France. (Getty Images)
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(School of War)
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AH-64 Apache helicopters depart a forward arming and refueling point to conduct aerial gunnery tables at Pabradė Training Area in Lithuania on September 9, 2025. (US Army)
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A counter small unmanned aircraft system program monitors the skies for adversary drones during Astral Knight 24 at Powidz Air Base in Poland on May 13, 2024. (US Air Force)
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(Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe)
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A US infantryman releases a Neros Archer small unmanned aircraft system for a test flight at Fort Irwin in California on October 25, 2025. (US Army)
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A Ukrainian serviceman holds the GOR drone on March 14, 2025, in Kherson Oblast, Ukraine. (Getty Images)
Experts
David Asher
Senior Fellow
William P. Barr
Distinguished Fellow
