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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

(Screenshot via YouTube)

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

Tsiporah Fried

Visiting Senior Fellow

Tsiporah Fried

Reports

May 7, 2026

Reports

Long Read

Military vehicles transport aqa-010 torpedo past Tian'anmen Square during V-Day military parade to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War on September 3, 2025 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Liu Xinwu/VCG via Getty Images)

Military vehicles transport AQA-010 torpedoes past Tiananmen Square during a military parade on September 3, 2025, in Beijing, China. (Getty Images)

Commentary

Chinese Nuclear Testing Allegations—Causes and Consequences

Richard Weitz

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis

Richard Weitz

Commentary

Apr 10, 2026

Commentary

5 Min Read

(Screenshot via NHK World)

In the Media

Decoding Trump’s Iran Address

Paul Sracic

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Paul Sracic

In the Media

Apr 3, 2026

In the Media

A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft prepares to refuel a B-52H Stratofortress aircraft during Operation Epic Fury over the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, March 20, 2026. (U.S. Air Force photo)

A US Air Force B-52H Stratofortress aircraft during Operation Epic Fury on March 20, 2026. (US Air Force)

Commentary

Why Nuclear Deterrence in Asia Is Collapsing

Patrick M. Cronin

Asia-Pacific Security Chair

Patrick M. Cronin

Commentary

Apr 1, 2026

Commentary

3 Min Read

Philippine Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Lhardnernomer Sales, left, the communications noncommissioned officer in charge of 4th Marine Brigade, and U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Donya Grady, a satellite transmissions operator assigned to Marine Rotational Force-Southeast Asia, I Marine Expeditionary Unit, set up a Viasat Multi-Mission Terminal during a staff exercise at Marine Base Camp Cape Bojeador, Philippines, Oct. 7, 2025. The MMT provides MRF-SEA with secure, high-bandwidth satellite communications for real-time d

A Philippine Marine Corps staff sergeant and a US Marine Corps corporal set up a Viasat Multi-Mission Terminal during a staff exercise at Marine Base Camp Cape Bojeador in the Philippines on October 7, 2025. (US Marine Corps)

Commentary

Testing Denial: The Philippine Alliance in America’s First Island Chain Strategy