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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.

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In the Media

Hamas Is Buying Time to Rearm

Robert Spalding

Senior Fellow

Robert Spalding

Oct 24, 2023

In the Media

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In the Media

Day 16 of the Israel War

Michael Doran

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

Michael Doran

Oct 22, 2023

In the Media

Tigray People's Liberation Front fighters prepare to leave for another field at Tigray Martyr's Memorial Monument Center in Mekele, Ethiopia, on June 30, 2021. (Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

The Mirage of Middle East Peace

James Barnett

Research Fellow

James Barnett

Oct 21, 2023

Commentary

9 Min Read

Vehicles drive past an anti-Israel urban artwork constructed and implemented by the municipality of Tehran, symbolizing Iran's support for the Palestinian Al-Aqsa storm missile attack on Israel, in downtown Tehran, October 12, 2023. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Vehicles drive past an anti-Israel urban artwork constructed and implemented by the municipality of Tehran in downtown Tehran on October 12, 2023. (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Commentary

Israel’s Strongest Allies Just Unshackled Iran’s Missile Program

Jonathan Schachter

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

Jonathan Schachter

Oct 20, 2023

Commentary

5 Min Read

A digital billboard welcomes US President Joe Biden to Israel on October 18, 2023, in Tel Aviv, Israel. (Leon Neal via Getty Images)

Podcast

President Biden's Trip to Israel

Jonathan Schachter

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

Jonathan Schachter

Oct 19, 2023

Podcast

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Testimony

House Armed Services Committee: Outside Perspectives on the DoD’s Replicator Program

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark

Oct 19, 2023

Testimony

Long Read

US President Joe Biden joins Israel's Prime Minister for the start of the Israeli war cabinet meeting in Tel Aviv on October 18, 2023. (Miriam Alster/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

A World without American Deterrence

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Oct 19, 2023

Commentary

1 Min Read

A Ukrainian serviceman stands on a German-made Flakpanzer Gepard, a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun, after military exercises in the Odesa region on October 17, 2023. (Oleksandr Gimanov/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Ukraine Military Situation Report | October 18

Can Kasapoğlu

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Can Kasapoğlu

Oct 18, 2023

Commentary

5 Min Read

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In the Media

Hamas and the Gaza Hospital Explosion

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Oct 18, 2023

In the Media

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Testimony

House Foreign Affairs Committee: Making Putin Pay—The Case for Transferring Russian Sovereign Assets to Ukraine

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Oct 18, 2023

Testimony

5 Min Read

Israeli tanks move near Gaza border as Israeli army deploys military vehicles around the Gaza Strip, Israel, on October 12, 2023. (Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Commentary

The Cost of Strong American Support at the Start of the War

Jonathan Schachter

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

Jonathan Schachter

Oct 16, 2023

Commentary

6 Min Read

A young boy holds up a Hamas flag in between Palestinian Hamas militant during a military show in the Bani Suheila district of Gaza on July 20, 2017. (Chris McGrath via Getty Images)

Commentary

Hamas’s Strategy of Human Sacrifice