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Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Murasame-class destroyer JS Inazuma in the Philippine Sea on February 16, 2022. (US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Alonzo Martin-Frazier)

Commentary

Building Japan’s Counterstrike Capability: Technical, Temporal, and Political Challenges

Masashi Murano

Senior Fellow, Japan Chair

Masashi Murano

Mar 25, 2024

Commentary

Long Read

Russian President Vladimir Putin, accompanied by Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov, attending the Navy Day parade in Saint Petersburg on July 30, 2023. (Alexander Kazakov via Getty Images)

Commentary

Operation Odesa: Russia Wants the Entire Ukrainian Black Sea Coast

Matthew Boyse

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Matthew Boyse

Mar 21, 2024

Commentary

6 Min Read

(Screenshot via Fox Business)

In the Media

China Builds Large Military Bases on Islands near Taiwan

Jonathan Ward

Former Senior Fellow

Jonathan Ward

Mar 21, 2024

In the Media

Uncrewed aerial vehicles equipped with specialized software and sensors fly during the Technical Concept Experiment (TCE) 23.2, at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in California on January 19, 2024. (US Navy photo by Michael Walls)

Uncrewed aerial vehicles equipped with specialized software and sensors fly during the Technical Concept Experiment 23.2 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in California on January 19, 2024. (US Navy photo by Michael Walls)

Commentary

Use “Hedge Forces” to Break the Pentagon’s Force-Structure Death Spiral

Dan Patt

Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Dan Patt & Bryan Clark

Mar 21, 2024

Commentary

4 Min Read

Podcast

AoD Podcast | To Avoid Great Power Conflict with China, American Industry Needs to “Win the Decade”

Marshall Kosloff

Media Fellow

Jonathan Ward

Former Senior Fellow

Marshall Kosloff & Jonathan Ward

Mar 20, 2024

Podcast

Ukrainian soldiers of 79th brigade are seen in the frontline city of Vuhledar as Russia-Ukraine war continues in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on March 12, 2024. (Photo by Wolfgang Schwan/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Ukrainian soldiers of the 79th brigade in the frontline city of Vuhledar, Ukraine, on March 12, 2024. (Photo by Wolfgang Schwan/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Commentary

Ukraine Military Situation Report | March 20

Can Kasapoğlu

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Can Kasapoğlu

Mar 20, 2024

Commentary

5 Min Read

Visitors at TikTok's stand at the Appliance and Electronics World Expo in Shanghai, China, on April 27, 2023. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Podcast

How Broad Is China’s Reach?

Miles Yu

Senior Fellow and Director, China Center

Miles Yu

Mar 20, 2024

Podcast

South Korean military drones fly in formation during a South Korea–US joint military drill at Seungjin Fire Training Field in Pocheon, South Korea, on May 25, 2023. (Yelim LEE / AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

CJADC2 Needs a Hedge to Succeed

Dan Patt

Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Dan Patt & Bryan Clark

Mar 14, 2024

Commentary

4 Min Read

Podcast

AoD Podcast | Software Is the Heart of America’s Modern Arsenal of Democracy (feat. Shyam Sankar)

Marshall Kosloff

Media Fellow

Marshall Kosloff

Mar 13, 2024

Podcast

Ukrainian soldiers receive training at an undisclosed location in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on March 6, 2024. (Photo by Jose Colon/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Commentary

Ukraine Military Situation Report: Ukraine’s Unconventional Military Options

Can Kasapoğlu

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Can Kasapoğlu

Mar 13, 2024

Commentary

11 Min Read

(Screenshot via BBC)

In the Media

Ramadan Tensions and the Politics of Israel

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Mar 12, 2024

In the Media

A MARTAC T-24 unmanned surface vehicle (USV) drives autonomously during a demonstration for NATO mine countermeasures personnel as part of exercise Baltic Operations 2023 (BALTOPS 23). (DVIDS)

Commentary

Software Is the Navy’s New Warfighting Advantage