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DONETSK, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 04: Targets are hit by Ukrainian Army on the frontline in Donetsk, Ukraine as intense military activity continues during Russia-Ukraine war on December 04, 2022. (Photo by Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Ukrainian soldiers fire an artillery shell on the frontline in Donetsk, Ukraine, on December 4, 2022. (Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Commentary

2023 Can Be the Year Ukraine Wins against Russia: Here’s What to Watch

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Luke Coffey

Feb 3, 2023

Commentary

4 Min Read

(Screenshot via TVP World/YouTube)

In the Media

Russia's Coming Spring Offensive

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Luke Coffey

Feb 2, 2023

In the Media

Coast Guard Lt. Trevor Clark prepares to land a Short Range Unmanned Aerial System (SR-UAS) ‘drone’ on the deck of the Coast Guard Cutter Tern with the help of a crew member after operating the vehicle around the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf (WMSL 750) during the cutter’s return home to Alameda, California, July, 2, 2019, following their 164-day deployment to the Western Pacific.

A Coast Guardsman prepares to land a drone on the deck of the Coast Guard cutter Tern following a 164-day deployment to the Western Pacific in Alameda, California, on July 2, 2019. (US Coast Guard photo by Matthew S. Masaschi)

Commentary

We Don't Have the Missiles to Stop China. Time for Drone Swarms

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark

Feb 1, 2023

Commentary

4 Min Read

(Screenshot via CBN)

In the Media

Ukraine Aid Advances US Interests "Without Shedding American Blood"

Peter Rough

Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Peter Rough

Jan 27, 2023

In the Media

TOPSHOT - The Israeli Iron Dome missile defence system (L) intercepts rockets (R) fired by the Hamas movement towards southern Israel from Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip as seen in the sky above the Gaza Strip overnight on May 14, 2021. - Israel bombarded Gaza with artillery and air strikes on Friday, May 14, in response to a new barrage of rocket fire from the Hamas-run enclave, but stopped short of a ground offensive in the conflict that has now claimed more than 100 Palestinian lives. As the viole

The Israeli Iron Dome missile defense system intercepts rockets fired by Hamas in the sky above the Gaza Strip on May 14, 2021. (Anas Baba/AFP via Getty Images)

Reports

Time to Recalibrate America’s Middle East Policy

Raphael BenLevi

Director, Churchill Program for Strategy, Statesmanship and National Security at the Argaman Institute of Tikvah Fund Israel

Michael Doran

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East

Raphael BenLevi & Michael Doran

Jan 27, 2023

Reports

13 Min Read

(Screenshot via Government Matters)

In the Media

“We Have to Start Wanting Ukraine to Win More than We Just Hope Russia’s Going to Lose”

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Luke Coffey

Jan 25, 2023

In the Media

(Screenshot via NewsNation)

In the Media

US Tanks Break the "Logjam" in Ukraine Aid

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark

Jan 25, 2023

In the Media

A-10 software engineers work together in teams to verify functionality of organically developed operational flight program software on November 5, 2020, at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, before it is released to the warfighter. (US Air Force photo by Alex R. Lloyd)

Commentary

Software Defines Tactics

Dan Patt

Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Jason Weiss

Chief Software Officer, Conquest Cyber

Dan Patt & Jason Weiss

Jan 23, 2023

Commentary

12 Min Read

An MQ-9 Reaper is parked on a taxiway during sunset at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, Nov. 17, 2020. The Reaper is an armed, multi-mission, long-endurance Remotely Piloted Aircraft that is managed and flown by Airmen who provide persistent attack and reconnaissance capabilities to keep our nation safe. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Haley Stevens)

An MQ-9 Reaper is parked on a taxiway during sunset at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada, on November 17, 2020. (US Air Force photo by Haley Stevens)

Commentary

Ukraine’s "Decision-Centric" Military Needs More than Armor

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Dan Patt

Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark & Dan Patt

Jan 23, 2023

Commentary

4 Min Read

(Screenshot via CNN)

In the Media

Wagner Group Becoming “Rival Power Center” to Russian Military

Peter Rough

Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Peter Rough

Jan 20, 2023

In the Media

leopard main battle tank germany ukraine bloomberg

A German Leopard 2A6 tank fires at its target during the Strong Europe Tank Challenge at training area in Grafenwoehr, Germany, on May 12, 2017. (DVIDS)

In the Media

Aid Restrictions Keep Ukrainian Victory Just out of Reach

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Jan 18, 2023

In the Media

As part of a working trip to the de-occupied part of the Kherson region, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy presented state awards to the servicemen who distinguished themselves during the liberation of Kherson and the region.

Volodomyr Zelenksyy presents state awards to the Ukrainian servicemen who liberated the Kherson region in Kerson on November 14, 2022. (President of Ukraine via Flickr)

Podcast

Russia-Ukraine War Update