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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping enter the hall during a signing ceremony on May 20, 2026, in Beijing, China. (Getty Images)
Defense Strategy
Defense Strategy
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Korean People's Army (KPA) tanks are displayed during a military parade marking the 105th anniversary of the birth of late North Korean leader Kim Il-Sung in Pyongyang on April 15, 2017. (ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images)
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U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis arrives via helicopter at Resolute Support headquarters on April 24, 2017 in in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Jonathan Ernst - Pool/Getty Images)
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Candidate for the Republican Presidential nomination Donald Trump speaks out against President Obama's nuclear agreement with Iran in at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, September 9, 2015. (Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad at an exclusive interview with AFP in the capital Damascus on February 11, 2016. (JOSEPH EID/AFP/Getty Images)
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The Redesigned Kill Vehicle Standard Missile 3 (SM-3). (Raytheon)
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DigitalGlobe imagery of the Shayrat Air Base outside of Homs, Syria. Closeup-1, April 7, 2016. (Photo DigitalGlobe/Getty Images)
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US President Donald Trump gives a thumbs-up as he walks to Marine One at General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, April 18, 2017. (SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
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Russia's president Vladimir Putin during a meeting with his envoy to the Volga Federal District, Alexander Yevstifeyev (not in picture) in the Kremlin. (Mikhail Klimentyev\TASS via Getty Images)
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US President Donald Trump delivers a statement on Syria from the Mar-a-Lago estate in West Palm Beach, Florida, on April 6, 2017. (JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)
Experts
David Byrd
Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
Bryan Clark
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
Ian Crone
Fellow (Nonresident), Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
Jack David
Senior Fellow and Trustee
