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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)
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Fire and smoke rise into the sky after an Israeli attack on the Shahran oil depot on June 15, 2025, in Tehran, Iran. (Stringer via Getty Images)
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An Israeli flag flutters on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem on June 13, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Smoke rises from Tehran, Iran, after Israeli strikes early on June 13, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Soldiers of the rocket artillery battery of the 31st Separate Mechanized Brigade carry out a combat mission with a Grad MLR in the Velykomykhailivka direction in Odesa region, Ukraine, on June 6, 2025. (Ukrinform via Getty Images)
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A reservist from the 'Sky Rider' Unit launches an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle known as the Skylark, for an operation near the Gaza border on December 11, 2023, in Southern Israel. (Alexi J. Rosenfeld via Getty Images)
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Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks in Tehran, Iran, on May 20, 2025. (Iranian Leader Press Office via Getty Images)
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Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Britain's Defence Secretary John Healey stand in front of a Royal Navy F-35B Lightning fighter jet on the flight deck of the British aircraft carrier HMS Prince Of Wales on April 24, 2025. (Richard Pohle via Getty Images)
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Belaya Air Base in Russia shows a destroyed Tu-95 bomber following a drone strike, with evidence of fire damage and debris on the runway. (Maxar Technologies via Getty Images)
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A Chinese warship is seen sailing in the West Philippine Sea, on April 27, 2025. (Daniel Ceng via Getty Images)
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An Indian paramilitary soldier stands guard atop an armored vehicle near the Clock Tower in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on June 2, 2025. (Firdous Nazir via Getty Images)
Experts
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Tsiporah Fried
Visiting Senior Fellow
Taro Hayashi
Japan Chair Fellow (Nonresident)
Komei Isozaki
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
Can Kasapoğlu
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
Andrew F. Krepinevich Jr.
Senior Fellow
John Lee
Senior Fellow
William Luti
Adjunct Fellow
Satoru Nagao
Fellow (Nonresident)
Aparna Pande
Senior Fellow
Dan Patt
Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
James J. Przystup
Senior Fellow, Japan Chair
David Rader
Senior Fellow
Joel Rayburn
Senior Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Jonathan Schachter
Senior Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
William Schneider
Senior Fellow
Iku Tsujihiro
Research Associate
Timothy A. Walton
Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
