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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.

Smoke billows in a neighbourhood called 17 Tammuz following a car bomb explosion, west of Mosul, on May 18, 2017 (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)

Commentary

Americans Don’t Target Civilians, Islamist Militants Do

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

May 8, 2017

Commentary

4 Min Read

Survivors of chemical gas attack gather to protest Assad regime at the Khan Shaykhun town's square in Idlib, Syria, April 7, 2017 (Firas Faham/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Commentary

Syria’s Chemical Weapons Show the Limits of Arms Control

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

May 4, 2017

Commentary

6 Min Read

Israeli security forces inspect the scene of the Jaffa attack that claimed the life of Taylor Force, March 08, 2016 (Daniel Bar On/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Commentary

End Abbas’s 'Pay for Slay': Pass the Taylor Force Act

Douglas J. Feith

Senior Fellow

Sander Gerber

Fellow, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs

Douglas J. Feith & Sander Gerber

May 3, 2017

Commentary

4 Min Read

Ari Dyckovsky, 17, works on quantum physics experiments in the Physical Measurement Lab, March 5, 2012 in Gaithersburg, MD (Katherine Frey/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Commentary

The Quantum Computer Revolution Is Closer Than You May Think

Commentary

Trump Sows Confusion in Seoul

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Sean Keeley

Staff Writer, The American Interest

Walter Russell Mead & Sean Keeley

Apr 28, 2017

Commentary

2 Min Read

Pope Francis (R) and Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, during a visit of the Pope in Cairo, April 28, 2017. (ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP/Getty Images)

Commentary

In Egypt, Meeting with Sunni Muslim Leaders, Pope Francis Must Speak Up

Nina Shea

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Religious Freedom

Nina Shea

Apr 27, 2017

Commentary

7 Min Read

In the Media

North Korea Parade Weapons May be Fake

Michael Pregent

Former Senior Fellow

Michael Pregent

Apr 27, 2017

In the Media

Korean People's Army (KPA) tanks are displayed during a military parade marking the 105th anniversary of the birth of late North Korean leader Kim Il-Sung in Pyongyang on April 15, 2017. (ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images)

Commentary

We Can Defang the North Korean Threat

Arthur Herman

Former Senior Fellow

Arthur Herman

Apr 25, 2017

Commentary

4 Min Read

U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis arrives via helicopter at Resolute Support headquarters on April 24, 2017 in in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Jonathan Ernst - Pool/Getty Images)

Commentary

Mattis' Balancing Act: Managing America’s Middle East Allies

Husain Haqqani

Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia

Husain Haqqani

Apr 25, 2017

Commentary

4 Min Read

(Antema/Getty Images)

Commentary

Reflections on Holocaust Memorial Day

Lela Gilbert

Adjunct Fellow, Center for Religious Freedom

Lela Gilbert

Apr 24, 2017

Commentary

8 Min Read

Candidate for the Republican Presidential nomination Donald Trump speaks out against President Obama's nuclear agreement with Iran in at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, September 9, 2015. (Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Commentary

Iran on Notice

Lee Smith

Former Senior Fellow

Lee Smith

Apr 21, 2017

Commentary

4 Min Read

Hindu Yuva Vahini, founded by UP CM Yogi Adityanath, protested over Kulbhushan Jadhav's death sentence by Pakistan accusing him of RAW Agent at Ghatkopar West, on April 15, 2017 in Mumbai, India. (Prashant Waydande/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

Commentary

One Way to Prevent Peace Between Pakistan and India