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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.

A US Air Force B-2 Spirit bomber flies over Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, on November 15, 2022. (Noah D. Coger via DVIDS)

Commentary

Nuclear Deterrence and Arms Control in the Twenty-First Century

Alex Wong

Former Senior Fellow

Alex Wong

May 30, 2023

Commentary

8 Min Read

US Navy aircraft rest on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in the Philippine Sea on May 11, 2023. (David Rowe via DVIDS)

Commentary

Balance in the Indo-Pacific: Defining the US Approach

Alex Wong

Former Senior Fellow

Alex Wong

May 30, 2023

Commentary

10 Min Read

People shelter in a subway station during Russian missiles attack on May 29, 2023, in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Roman Pilipey via Getty Images)

Commentary

Putin’s War Is America’s Opportunity

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

May 29, 2023

Commentary

1 Min Read

US President Joe Biden delivers a brief update of the ongoing negotiations over the debt limit in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on May 17, 2023, in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images)

Commentary

Deterrence Has Kept the US and the World Safe. Will President Biden Abandon It?

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

May 29, 2023

Commentary

7 Min Read

A TV showing a file image of a North Korean missile launch on March 24, 2022, in Seoul, South Korea. (Chung Sung-Jun via Getty Images)

Commentary

Who is Behind the North Korean Nuclear Curtain?

Ronald Reagan addresses the Nation from the oval office on National Security on March 23, 1983. (Wikimedia Commons)

Commentary

How US Presidents Countered the Cold War Soviet Nuclear Threat

(Screenshot via Washington Post)

In the Media

Why Hypersonic Missiles Are Hard to Stop

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark

May 26, 2023

In the Media

Pakistani military personnel stand beside a Shaheen III surface-to-surface ballistic missile during a Pakistan Day military parade in Islamabad on March 23, 2017. (Aamir Qureshi/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

A Nuclear Collision Course in South Asia

Andrew F. Krepinevich Jr.

Senior Fellow

Andrew F. Krepinevich Jr.

May 26, 2023

Commentary

1 Min Read

A police officer stops a car at a check point ahead of the February 25 presidential election at Awka in Anambra State, southeast Nigeria, on February 16, 2023. (Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images)

Reports

Understanding the “Unknown Gunmen” Who Attacked a US Convoy in Nigeria

James Barnett

Research Fellow

James Barnett

May 18, 2023

Reports

13 Min Read

Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping shake hands after delivering a joint statement in Moscow, on March 21, 2023. (Mikhail Tereshchenko/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Nuclear Deterrence as a Bluff

A display at the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum shows how many nuclear weapons remain in the world on August 12, 2012. (Tim Wright via Flickr)

Commentary

China’s Nuclear Weapons Explosion: Will They Sign Disarmament Treaties?

A Medium Altitude Long Endurance UAV at the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology in Taichung on March 14, 2023. (Sam Yeh/AFP via Getty Images)

Podcast

Taiwan, Drones, and Allies