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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.

In the Media

The Take | Rebeccah Heinrichs on US Nuclear Deterrence

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Aug 3, 2021

In the Media

Sailors signal that an F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter jet is ready for takeoff on the flight deck of aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan. (U.S. Navy)

Commentary

To Counter China, The Navy Should Retake the High Ground

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Timothy A. Walton

Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark & Timothy A. Walton

Aug 3, 2021

Commentary

4 Min Read

Soldiers rehearse battle drills with the PATRIOT long-range, all-altitude, all-weather air defense system capable of countering tactical ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and advanced aircrafts (U.S. Army Photo by SGT Raquel Birk)

Commentary

Congress Wants To Cut Guam Defenses

Seth Cropsey

President, Yorktown Institute

Seth Cropsey

Aug 2, 2021

Commentary

7 Min Read

Unsplash

Commentary

Capitalist Solution to a Globalist Pandemic

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Aug 2, 2021

Commentary

2 Min Read

In the Media

Holding China Accountable

Michael R. Pompeo

Former Distinguished Fellow

Michael R. Pompeo

Aug 2, 2021

In the Media

A Jumpmaster from the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School instructs Soldiers to exit a CASA C-212 Aviocar aircraft to jump over Laurinburg-Maxton Airfield March 28, 2019 (U.S. Army photo by K. Kassens)

Commentary

Of Course We Will Not Draft Our Daughters

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Jul 30, 2021

Commentary

6 Min Read

In the Media

France Allegedly Warned US About Wuhan Lab Concerns Prior to Pandemic

David Asher

Senior Fellow

Thomas DiNanno

Adjunct Fellow

David Asher & Thomas DiNanno

Jul 28, 2021

In the Media

In the Media

The Wuhan Lab Was Engaged in Gain-of-Function Research

Michael R. Pompeo

Former Distinguished Fellow

Michael R. Pompeo

Jul 26, 2021

In the Media

Afghan security personnel stand guard along the road amid ongoing fight between Afghan security forces and Taliban fighters in Kandahar on July 9, 2021 (Photo by JAVED TANVEER/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Pakistan’s Pyrrhic Victory in Afghanistan

Husain Haqqani

Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia

Husain Haqqani

Jul 22, 2021

Commentary

9 Min Read

Russian battlecruiser 'Pjotr Velikij' passes the Great Belt Bridge as it leads nuclear submarine 'Dmitrij Donskoj' through the Danish waters on July 21, 2017 near Korsor, Denmark. (Photo by Ole Jensen - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)

Commentary

Countering Emerging Russian and Chinese Hypersonic Threats