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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.

USS Harry S. Truman in the Persian Gulf. (Daniel Hawkins via US Central Command)

Commentary

Should the US Scale Back its Global Presence?

Guided-missile destroyer USS Zumwalt is pierside in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on April 4, 2019. (Jonathan Jiang via DVIDS)

Podcast

Are Zumwalt-Class Destroyers Having Issues?

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark

Mar 21, 2023

Podcast

(Screenshot via CBS/YouTube)

In the Media

There May Soon Be Evidence of China's Military Support for Russia

H.R. McMaster

Chair of the Advisory Board, Japan Chair

H.R. McMaster

Mar 20, 2023

In the Media

(Screenshot via VOA Korea)

In the Media

US and South Korean Defenses against North Korean Ballistic Missiles

Patrick M. Cronin

Asia-Pacific Security Chair

Patrick M. Cronin

Mar 20, 2023

In the Media

$Raisina Dialogue 2023 | The Quad’s central purpose is to create new avenues for cooperation for like-minded countries in an increasingly fractious Indo-Pacific. The grouping has extended its cooperation from its traditional focus on free and open oceans to new threats and shared security. Quad leaders have begun to co-operate on cybersecurity and ransomware and have created a working group focused on emerging threats. Does the Quad Cybersecurity Partnership have real potential? How can geopolitical trust b$

(Screenshot via Observer Research Foundation/YouTube)

In the Media

The Quantum Gulf Seeking Congruence within the Quad | Raisina Dialogue 2023

Satoru Nagao

Fellow (Nonresident)

Satoru Nagao

Mar 20, 2023

In the Media

A Kongsberg Naval Strike Missile (NSM) is launched from the littoral combat ship USS Coronado (LCS 4) during missile testing operations off the coast of Southern California. The missile scored a direct hit on a mobile ship target. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Zachary D. Bell/Released)

A Kongsberg naval strike missile is launched from the littoral combat ship USS Coronado during missile testing operations off the coast of Southern California. (US Navy photo by Zachary D. Bell)

Podcast

The Navy Budget, AUKUS, and the MQ-9 Reaper Mishap

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark

Mar 20, 2023

Podcast

(Screenshot via Real America's Voice)

In the Media

Nuclear Weapons, Deterrence, and Modernization

An MQ- Reaper remotely piloted aircraft performs aerial maneuvers over Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, on June 25, 2015. (Christian Clausen via DVIDS)

Commentary

Why Freedom of the Skies Must Matter to Us All

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Luke Coffey

Mar 17, 2023

Commentary

4 Min Read

#Ukraine: In the first credible sighting of Iranian drones in use by Russian forces, here we see the remains of a HESA Shahed-136 loitering munition (or a design based on it), which is made in Iran. From the appearance, it seems it likely detonated.

A Iranian-made Shahed-136 drone allegedly shot down in Kharkiv, Ukraine, in September 2022. (@UAWeapons via Twitter)

Commentary

How to Curb the Threat of Iranian Drones

Ahmad Hashemi

Former Research Fellow

Ahmad Hashemi

Mar 17, 2023

Commentary

4 Min Read

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi hold a meeting in Tehran on July 19, 2022. (Sergei Savostyanov/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)

Reports

NATO’s Black Sea Frontier Is the Southern Shore of the Caspian Sea

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Luke Coffey

Mar 16, 2023

Reports

9 Min Read

A Ukrainian serviceman flies a drone to spot Russian positions near the city of Bakhmut, in the region of Donbas, on March 5, 2023. (Photo by Aris Messinis / AFP) (Photo by ARIS MESSINIS/AFP via Getty Images)

A Ukrainian serviceman flies a drone to spot Russian positions near Bakhmut, Ukraine, on March 5, 2023. (Aris Messinis/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Ukraine Military Situation Report | March 15

Can Kasapoğlu

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Can Kasapoğlu

Mar 15, 2023

Commentary

6 Min Read

Crowds fill the tarmac while coalition forces form a security perimeter around the runway at Kabul International Airport, Afghanistan, Aug. 16, 2021. Once airborne, aircrew assigned to the U-28A Draco provided surveillance and reconnaissance of the ground situation at the airport during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo courtesy of Lt. Col. Scott Hardman)

Crowds fill the tarmac while coalition forces form a security perimeter around the runway at Kabul International Airport in Afghanistan, on August 16, 2021. (US Air Force photo by Scott Hardman)

In the Media

The Afghanistan Failure Started Long before August 2021