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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un leave after a meeting in Beijing on September 3, 2025. (Getty Images)

Commentary

North Korean Missiles Expose Europe’s Industrial Weakness in Air and Missile Defense

Tsiporah Fried

Visiting Senior Fellow

Tsiporah Fried

Commentary

Sep 1, 2026

Commentary

Long Read

A military parade marks the anniversary of the Workers’ Party of Korea in Pyongyang, North Korea, on October 10, 2025. (Getty Images)

Podcast

Economic Statecraft, the Korean Peninsula, and Extended Deterrence

Patrick M. Cronin

Asia-Pacific Security Chair

Patrick M. Cronin

Podcast

Aug 21, 2026

Podcast

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In the Media

Trump Cuts US–South Korea Drills Short

H.R. McMaster

Chair of the Advisory Board, Japan Chair

H.R. McMaster

In the Media

Aug 19, 2026

In the Media

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump shake hands during a meeting in the Korean Demilitarized Zone on June 30, 2019. (Getty Images)

Commentary

Don’t Punish Seoul to Appease Pyongyang

Patrick M. Cronin

Asia-Pacific Security Chair

Patrick M. Cronin

Commentary

Aug 17, 2026

Commentary

4 Min Read

A strategic missile is launched by a nuclear submarine of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy on July 6, 2026, in the Pacific Ocean. (Getty Images)

Commentary

China’s Nuclear Coming of Age

Richard Weitz

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis

Richard Weitz

Commentary

Aug 4, 2026

Commentary

9 Min Read

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Podcast

Israel Will Not Yield

Michael Doran

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

Michael Doran

Podcast

Aug 4, 2026

Podcast

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Podcast

Trump’s Nuclear Switcheroo

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Podcast

Jul 23, 2026

Podcast

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In the Media

Did the US Resolve its Fundamental Issue with a Nuclear Iran?

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

In the Media

Jun 19, 2026

In the Media

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Podcast

US Arms Sales to Taiwan, Putin–Xi Summit, and the Shanxi Province Mining Disaster

Miles Yu

Senior Fellow and Director, China Center

Colin Tessier-Kay

Research Fellow and Program Manager, China Center

Miles Yu & Colin Tessier-Kay

Podcast

May 26, 2026

Podcast

President Donald Trump shakes hands with China's President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 14, 2026. (Getty Images)

Commentary

The Trump–Xi Summit’s Nuclear Shadow Over Asia

Patrick M. Cronin

Asia-Pacific Security Chair

Iku Tsujihiro

Research Associate

Patrick M. Cronin & Iku Tsujihiro

Commentary

May 19, 2026

Commentary

7 Min Read

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In the Media

US-Israel Preparations to Compel Iran to Abandon Its Nuclear Ambitions

Joel Rayburn

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

Joel Rayburn

In the Media

May 19, 2026

In the Media

This photograph shows French Navy nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) submarine "Le Temeraire" - S617 during France's President's visit to the Nuclear Submarine Navy Base of Ile Longue in Crozon, north-western France on March 2, 2026. High expectations, few certainties: on March 2, 2026, Emmanuel Macron is set to outline how France's nuclear deterrent can help strengthen security in Europe in the face of a increasingly brutal world and an increasingly uncertain US ally. This issue has been br

This French Navy nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine Le Temeraire is seen during President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to the Île Longue base in Crozon, France, on March 2, 2026. (Getty Images)

Reports

What Has Really Changed in French Nuclear Doctrine