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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.

An aerial photo shows the China Telecom Smart City Industrial Park in Xiongan, China, on May 4, 2024. (Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Commentary

The Internet of Things Meets the Quantum Revolution

Arthur Herman

Former Senior Fellow

Arthur Herman

Oct 30, 2024

Commentary

12 Min Read

Two Ukrainian army mechanics repair a broken MT-LB in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on October 25, 2024. (Fermin Torrano/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Commentary

Ukraine Military Situation Report | October 30

Can Kasapoğlu

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Can Kasapoğlu

Oct 30, 2024

Commentary

4 Min Read

(Screenshot via YouTube)

Podcast

Israel’s Strike on Iran

Michael Doran

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

Michael Doran

Oct 30, 2024

Podcast

Local resident walks through empty streets of Pokrovsk, Ukraine, on October 19, 2024. (Maciek Musialek/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Podcast

Hope for Peace, Prepare for War

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

H.R. McMaster

Chair of the Advisory Board, Japan Chair

Walter Russell Mead & H.R. McMaster

Oct 30, 2024

Podcast

Russian infantry in the trenches during their battle against the Austro-Hungarian army on the eastern front in World War I in August 1914. (Daily Mirror/Mirrorpix via Getty Images)

Podcast

World War I’s Eastern Front

Aaron MacLean

Former Senior Fellow

Aaron MacLean

Oct 30, 2024

Podcast

Vladimir Putin walks prior to his inauguration ceremony in Moscow on May 7, 2024. (Sergei Bobylyov/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

It’s Time to Admit the West Is Already at War with Russia

Daniel Kochis

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Daniel Kochis

Oct 29, 2024

Commentary

4 Min Read

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In the Media

Deep Dive | October 28

Jonathan Hessen

Former Nonresident Senior Fellow

Michael Doran

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

Joel Rayburn

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

Ezra Cohen

Adjunct Fellow

Jonathan Hessen, Michael Doran, Joel Rayburn & Ezra Cohen

Oct 28, 2024

In the Media

Commuters drive past a billboard bearing pictures of Masoud Pezeshkian, Mohammad Bagheri, and Benjamin Netanyahu in Tehran on October 27, 2024. (Atta Kenare via Getty Images)

Commentary

How Would the US Handle a Nuclear Iran?

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Oct 28, 2024

Commentary

1 Min Read

(Screenshot via Fox Business)

In the Media

China Is Pushing the Boundaries

Jonathan Ward

Former Senior Fellow

Jonathan Ward

Oct 25, 2024

In the Media

The presidents of Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia, and the United Arab Emirates attend the narrow format meeting of the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, on October 23, 2024. (Alexander Nemenov/AFP via Getty Images)

Podcast

AI Competition, Chinese Interference in US Election, BRICS Summit, and the Xi-Modi Meeting

Patrick M. Cronin

Asia-Pacific Security Chair

Patrick M. Cronin

Oct 25, 2024

Podcast

A common hypersonic glide body (C-HGB) launches from Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, Hawaii, at approximately 10:30 p.m. local time, March 19, 2020, during a Department of Defense flight experiment. (DVIDS)

A common hypersonic glide body (C-HGB) launches from Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, Hawaii, on March 19, 2020, during a Department of Defense flight experiment. (DVIDS)

Reports

Key Takeaways: The Future of US and Allied Hypersonic Missile Programs