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Two F-35B combat aircraft from the United States Marine Corp depart after re-fueling from an RAF Voyager aircraft over the North Sea on October 08, 2020 in flight, above Scotland.

KYIV, UKRAINE - 2022/10/17: Ukrainian rescuers work at the site of a residential building destroyed by a Russian drone strike, which local authorities consider to be Iranian-made unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) Shahed-136, in central Kyiv. At least four people have been killed as a result of a drone attack on a residential building in Kyiv. (Photo by Oleksii Chumachenko/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Ukrainian rescuers work at the site of a residential building destroyed by a Russian drone, which local authorities believe to be Iranian-made Shahed-136, in central Kyiv on October 17, 2022. (Oleksii Chumachenko/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Commentary

Iran's Malign Meddling Is Only Going to Get Worse

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Luke Coffey

Nov 4, 2022

Commentary

4 Min Read

Ships from the U.S., Japan and Republic of Korea conducted a trilateral ballistic missile defense exercise in the Sea of Japan, Oct. 6. The ships included Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG 62) and Arleigh Burke-class

Ships from the US, Japan, and Republic of Korea conduct a trilateral ballistic missile defense exercise in the Sea of Japan, on October 6, 2022. (US Navy Photo by Gray Gibson)

Commentary

North Korea: A Better Approach to Kim Jong Un's Return to the Missile Test Range

James J. Przystup

Senior Fellow, Japan Chair

James J. Przystup

Nov 3, 2022

Commentary

6 Min Read

Nigerian soldiers pose during a demonstration of force against Boko Haram militants in Kelouri, Nigeria, on February 29, 2016. (VOA/Nicolas Pinault via Wikimedia Commons)

Podcast

African Geopolitics, Conflict, and Running Into Bandits

James Barnett

Research Fellow

James Barnett

Nov 3, 2022

Podcast

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In the Media

Russia Abandons Key Ukrainian City

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark

Nov 3, 2022

In the Media

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Missiles fire over the Caspian Sea during the Caucasus-2020 military drills between Iran, China, Russia, Pakistan, Myanmar, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Belarus, on September 23, 2020. (Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Overmatch

Michael Doran

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

Can Kasapoğlu

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Michael Doran & Can Kasapoğlu

Nov 2, 2022

Commentary

Long Read

A woman walks past a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test in Seoul, South Korea, on November 3, 2022. (Jung Yeon-je/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

What to Make of North Korea’s Latest Missile Barrage

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Nov 2, 2022

Commentary

4 Min Read

Ohio-class USS Nevada Nuclear Submarine Russia China

The Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Nevada departs its homeport of Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, Washington, for a scheduled patrol on December 16, 2021. (US Navy Photo by Ian Zagrocki)

Commentary

Biden’s Nuclear Posture Review Is Not Stoking an Arms Race

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan leads a mass formation of ships from Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, France, Canada, Australia, and the US during Rim of the Pacific drills in the Pacific on July 24, 2010. (US Navy photo by Robert Taylor)

Commentary

America’s Strategic Clarity in Defense of Taiwan: The Dangerous Illusion of Strategic Ambiguity

Miles Yu

Senior Fellow and Director, China Center

Miles Yu

Oct 31, 2022

Commentary

6 Min Read

US soldiers coordinate boat movement during a wet-gap crossing operation as part of joint military drills Dęblin, Poland, on May 13, 2022. (Army National Guard Photo)

Commentary

The High Cost of Low American Military Spending

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Oct 31, 2022

Commentary

2 Min Read

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Commentary

Cybersecurity Is Entering the High-Tech Era

Arthur Herman

Former Senior Fellow

Arthur Herman

Oct 31, 2022

Commentary

4 Min Read

Michael Pillsbury Hundred Year Marathon Epoch Times CCP China

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In the Media

How US Government Agencies Secretly Aided Communist China’s Rise

Michael Pillsbury

Former Senior Fellow and Director for Chinese Strategy

Michael Pillsbury

Oct 29, 2022

In the Media

Two Air Force F-15s fly alongside a KC-135 aerial refueling aircraft over Okinawa, Japan, on April 5, 2013. (US Air Force Photo by Maeson L. Ellerman)

Podcast

Twentieth Party Congress Takeaways: Should the US Cycle Out Okinawa F-15s?