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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.

Israeli flag (Erminig Gwenn via flickr)

Podcast

Israel at War and the Abraham Accords

Husain Haqqani

Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia

Husain Haqqani

Oct 9, 2023

Podcast

Rockets fired by Palestinian militants from Gaza City are intercepted by the Israeli Iron Dome missile defense system on October 8, 2023. (Eyad Baba/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Why Perpetual Conflict Suits Palestine’s Terrorists

John Lee

Senior Fellow

John Lee

Oct 8, 2023

Commentary

4 Min Read

(Screenshot via CNN)

In the Media

Hamas’s Surprise Attack on Israel

Michael Doran

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

Michael Doran

Oct 8, 2023

In the Media

The tankers Stena Immaculate and Stena Imperative, which have been reflagged as US registered vessels with US crews. (Courtesy of Crowley Maritime)

Reports

Rewriting the Future of America’s Maritime Industry to Compete with China

Michael Roberts

Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Michael Roberts

Oct 6, 2023

Reports

8 Min Read

The Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Louisiana (SSBN 743) transits Puget Sound past the Seattle skyline on February 9, 2023. (US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Brian G. Reynolds)

Commentary

There’s More than One Kind of Deterrence Failure

Tim Morrison

Senior Fellow

Tim Morrison

Oct 5, 2023

Commentary

10 Min Read

(Screenshot via NTD)

In the Media

Cold War Lessons for Deterring the Chinese Communist Party

Robert Spalding

Senior Fellow

Robert Spalding

Oct 5, 2023

In the Media

Supporters of Niger's National Council of Safeguard of the Homeland display a French national flag with a x-mark on during a protest outside Niger and French airbase in Niamey on September 1, 2023. (AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

French Decline in Africa Paves the Way for US

Zineb Riboua

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

Zineb Riboua

Oct 5, 2023

Commentary

4 Min Read

Podcast

Counterbalance | Mario Mancuso on Economic Statecraft

Peter Rough

Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Mario Mancuso

Visiting Senior Fellow

Peter Rough & Mario Mancuso

Oct 5, 2023

Podcast

The 10th Mountain Assault Brigade fire from Soviet-era artillery in Bakhmut, Ukraine, on September 16, 2023. (Photo by Libkos/Getty Images)

Commentary

Ukraine Military Situation Report | October 4, 2023

Can Kasapoğlu

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Can Kasapoğlu

Oct 4, 2023

Commentary

6 Min Read

A Navy EA-18G aircraft takes off during a US Air Force Weapons School Integration (WSINT) exercise at Nellis Air Force Base on November 21, 2022. (US Air Force photo by William R. Lewis)

A Navy EA-18G aircraft takes off at Nellis Air Force Base on November 21, 2022. (US Air Force photo by William R. Lewis)

Commentary

Joint Integration Emerging as the Solution for CJADC2

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Dan Patt

Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark & Dan Patt

Sep 30, 2023

Commentary

5 Min Read

A vehicle with Somali National Army soldiers on patrol on October 17, 2022, near Doolow in the Gedo region of South West, Somalia. (Photo by Giles Clarke/UNOCHA via Getty Images)

Reports

Faltering Lion: Analyzing Progress and Setbacks in Somalia’s War against al-Shabaab