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US sailors conduct routine maintenance on a jet blast deflector on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz on July 9, 2025. (US Navy)
Walter Russell Mead
Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship
Bill Drexel
Senior Fellow
Aleksandar Vitanov
Research Associate, Center for Strategy and American Statecraft
Andrew Wilson
Deputy Director, Center for Strategy and American Statecraft