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Chinese People's Liberation Army honour guard members march during a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People on November 12, 2025, in Beijing, China. (Getty Images)
Defense Strategy
Defense Strategy
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French President Francois Hollande arrives at Forward Operating Base Nijrab, in Kapisa Province on May 25, 2012. (JOEL SAGET/AFP/GettyImages)
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Japanese Ground Self Defense Force honor guards hold national flags for visiting US Army General Martin E. Dempsey at the Defence Ministry in Tokyo on October 28, 2011. (KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images)
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A live-fire self-defense missile exercise aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) on Sept. 11, 2004. (DoD/Petty Officer 2nd class Jason P. Taylor, U.S. Navy/Released)
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Iranian elite revolutionary guards march during an annual military parade in Tehran on September 22, 2011. (ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images)
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Kurdish soldiers with the Peshmerga keep guard near the frontline with Sunni militants on June 25, 2014 on the outskirts of Kirkuk, Iraq.(Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Commentary
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Naval ships from multiple nations steam in formation during the RIMPAC excercise operations near Oahu, Hawaii, July 11, 2002. (Phil Mislinski/Getty Images)
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The nation’s first Littoral Combat Ship, Freedom, makes a side launch during her christening at the Marine shipyard in Marinette, Wis., Sept. 23, 2006. (Lockheed Martin)
Experts
David Byrd
Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
Bryan Clark
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
Jack David
Senior Fellow and Trustee
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
