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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.

The Rubymar cargo ship sinking off the coast of Yemen, damaged in a missile strike by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels on February 25, 2024. (AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

De-escalation Will Not Solve the Houthi Problem

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Mar 4, 2024

Commentary

3 Min Read

A joint press conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson on March 8, 2023. (NATO via Flickr)

Commentary

Sweden’s NATO Admission Is Great News for European Security

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Luke Coffey

Mar 3, 2024

Commentary

5 Min Read

(Getty Images)

Commentary

US Emergency Communications Are Vulnerable

Richard Weitz

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis

Richard Weitz

Mar 1, 2024

Commentary

4 Min Read

A US Air Force F-35A Lightning II refuels during exercise Mobility Guardian 23 on July 18, 2023, over the Pacific Ocean. (US Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christian Sullivan)

Commentary

Four Solutions for Addressing the Air Force’s Distance Anxiety

Timothy A. Walton

Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Mark Gunzinger

Senior Fellow, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments

Timothy A. Walton & Mark Gunzinger

Mar 1, 2024

Commentary

4 Min Read

Ukrainian soldiers of a tank unit continue their military mobility to prepare for combat as the Russia-Ukraine War continues after the second year anniversary in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on March 1, 2024. (Jose Colon via Getty Images)

Commentary

Ukraine-Aid Debate Can Be Solved with Commonsense Approach of Giving the Country Loans Instead

Michael R. Pompeo

Former Distinguished Fellow

Michael R. Pompeo

Feb 29, 2024

Commentary

4 Min Read

Seven sympathizers of the Daesh terror organization undergo trial in the District Court of West Jakarta, January 21, 2016. (Azqa Harun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Reports

The History and Evolution of the Islamic State in Southeast Asia

Uday Bakhshi

Adam Rousselle

Uday Bakhshi & Adam Rousselle

Feb 28, 2024

Reports

Long Read

Thousands of Houthi supporters gather at Sebin Square to stage a solidarity demonstration with Palestinians and protest against the Israeli attacks on Gaza on February 9, 2024, in Sanaa, Yemen. (Mohammed Hamoud via Getty Images)

Podcast

To End Houthi Terror, Enforce Iran Sanctions

Ezra Cohen

Adjunct Fellow

Ezra Cohen

Feb 28, 2024

Podcast

Ukrainian servicemen of the Skala battalion perform a medical evacuation during a field military exercise in the Donetsk region on February 3, 2024. (Photo by Genya Savilov/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Ukraine Military Situation Report | February 28

Can Kasapoğlu

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Can Kasapoğlu

Feb 28, 2024

Commentary

6 Min Read

(Screenshot via Fox Business)

In the Media

Restrict China’s Access to Americans’ Sensitive Data

Jonathan Ward

Former Senior Fellow

Jonathan Ward

Feb 28, 2024

In the Media

Podcast

China Insider Podcast | Private Hacking Exposed, Quemoy Islands Drowning, G20 Fallout

Miles Yu

Senior Fellow and Director, China Center

Miles Yu

Feb 27, 2024

Podcast

Iranian missiles exhibited in a park on January 20, 2024, in Tehran, Iran. (Majid Saeedi via Getty Images)

Commentary

The Enemy Is Iran

Jeremy Hunt

Fellow

Jeremy Hunt

Feb 27, 2024

Commentary

3 Min Read

People walk past a Kremlin Star, bearing a Z letter, an insignia of Russian troops in Ukraine, in front of the Monument dedicated to Heroes of the WWI, in western Moscow. (Alexander Nemenov via Getty Images)

Commentary

Russia Will Remain a Chronic Threat to the US Even When the War in Ukraine Ends