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President Donald Trump delivers a speech about the economy at Rockland Community College Fieldhouse in Suffern, New York, on May 22, 2026. (Getty Images)
Defense Strategy
Defense Strategy
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China's Xi'an Y-20 transport aircraft flies on November 1, 2016, in Zhuhai, China. (The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)
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Aerial view of the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on March 31, 2024. (Daniel Slim/AFP via Getty Images)
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United States Air Force members begin preparations for a hot pit refuel on a B-2 Spirit in Guam, on September 10, 2024. (DVIDS)
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Ukrainian soldiers undergo intensive training at outdoor firing range on January 4, 2025, in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Roman Chop/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
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An uncrewed surface vessel, attached to US Naval Forces Central Command’s Task Force 59, participates in exercise Digital Talon 3.0
on November 5, 2024. (US Army)
on November 5, 2024. (US Army)
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The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald fires the first naval strike missile from a United States Destroyer on July 18, 2024. (DVIDS)
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The Zumwalt Class Guided Missile Destroyer USS Michael Monsoor is seen on February 10, 2024. (DVIDS)
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Newport News Shipbuilding contractors lift the starboard anchor of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis in Newport News, Virginia, on July 14, 2023. (US Navy photo)
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Donald Trump speaks during a press conference on January 7, 2025, in Palm Beach, Florida. (Scott Olson via Getty Images)
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A Ukrainian serviceman fires a rocket-propelled grenade launcher on January 6, 2025, in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Roman Chop via Getty Images)
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US Air Force Airman 1st Class Austin House, 388th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, marshals an F-35A Lightning II from underneath a hardened facility on January 24, 2018, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. (US Air Force)
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Uncrewed aerial systems from Skyways and PteroDynamics sit on the flight deck of the guidedmissile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) on June 25, 2024. (US Navy)
Experts
Tsiporah Fried
Visiting Senior Fellow
Taro Hayashi
Japan Chair Fellow (Nonresident)
Komei Isozaki
Japan Chair Fellow
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
Iku Tsujihiro
Research Associate
Timothy A. Walton
Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
