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A flag-raising ceremony is held during the launching ceremony to unveil China's first Type 076 new-generation amphibious assault ship, the Sichuan, at Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, a Shanghai-based subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corp, on December 27, 2024 in Shanghai, China. Named after southwest China's Sichuan Province, the independently-developed new vessel was put into the water at a launch and naming ceremony. (Photo by Pu Haiyang/VCG via Getty Images)

A flag-raising ceremony is held during the launching ceremony of China's first Type 076 new-generation amphibious assault ship, the Sichuan, on December 27, 2024, in Shanghai, China. (Pu Haiyang/VCG via Getty Images)

Commentary

The Dangerous Myth of US-China Cold War Tensions

Miles Yu

Senior Fellow and Director, China Center

Miles Yu

Mar 31, 2025

Commentary

5 Min Read

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In the Media

Deep Dive | March 31

Jonathan Hessen

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Marshall Billingslea

Senior Fellow

Jonathan Hessen & Marshall Billingslea

Mar 31, 2025

In the Media

A South Korean Army K1E1 tank crosses a pontoon bridge on the Imjin River during a joint river- crossing exercise as part of the Freedom Shield military drills with US and ROK forces in the border town of Yeoncheon, South Korea, on March 20, 2025. (Getty Images)

Reports

Strategic Alignment in an Era of Uncertainty: Next Steps for the US–South Korea Alliance

Patrick M. Cronin

Asia-Pacific Security Chair

Patrick M. Cronin

Mar 31, 2025

Reports

3 Min Read

US troops of the 23rd (Americal) Infantry Division ford a river about 11 miles west of Chu Lai in South Vietnam (then the Republic of Vietnam, or RVN), 15th August 1971. The GIs, members of Bravo Company, 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry, are among the last U. S. combat troops still operating in the field. US B-52 aircraft bombed suspected communist troop concentrations near the demilitarized zone, on August 15th, following more shelling and ground assaults earlier on August 15th. More than 750 rounds of mortar

United States troops of the 23rd Infantry Division ford a river in South Vietnam on August 15, 1971. (Getty Images)

Commentary

How America Won, Then Lost, the Vietnam War

William Luti

Adjunct Fellow

William Luti

Mar 28, 2025

Commentary

4 Min Read

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Podcast

The View of the Middle East from Mar-a-Lago

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Mar 28, 2025

Podcast

A Ukrainian soldier fires an M2 Browning machine gun during training near Donbas, Ukraine, on March 20, 2025. (Thomas Krych/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Commentary

Ukraine Military Situation Report | March 26

Can Kasapoğlu

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Can Kasapoğlu

Mar 26, 2025

Commentary

3 Min Read

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth greets Supreme Allied Commander Europe General Christopher Cavoli before the North Atlantic Council meeting of defense ministers on February 13, 2025, in Brussels, Belgium. (Omar Havana via Getty Images)

Commentary

Why America Should Keep the NATO Command Chair

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Mar 25, 2025

Commentary

4 Min Read

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky attend a joint press conference at the Vahdettin Mansion on July 8, 2023, in Istanbul, Turkey. (Ozan Guzelce/ dia images via Getty Images)

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attend a joint press conference at the Vahdettin Mansion on July 8, 2023, in Istanbul, Turkey. (Ozan Guzelce via Getty Images)

Commentary

Understanding Turkey’s Role in the Russia-Ukraine War

Zineb Riboua

Research Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East

Zineb Riboua

Mar 24, 2025

Commentary

7 Min Read

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In the Media

Deep Dive | March 24

Jonathan Hessen

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Michael Doran

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

Jonathan Hessen & Michael Doran

Mar 24, 2025

In the Media

Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev and Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan attend a plenary session at the BRICS summit, in Kazan, Russia, on October 24, 2024. (Photo by Maxim Shmetov/AFP via Getty)

Commentary

Peace in the Caucasus

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Luke Coffey

Mar 22, 2025

Commentary

5 Min Read

Two KH-6 Fast Attack Missile Boats sail in formation during a combat readiness exercise at the Zuoying Naval Base in Kaohsiung on January 9, 2025. (Photo by I-Hwa Cheng / AFP) (Photo by I-HWA CHENG/AFP via Getty Images)

Two Republic of China Kuang Hua-6 fast attack missile boats sail in formation during a combat readiness exercise at the Zuoying Naval Base in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on January 9, 2025. (Getty Images)

Commentary

Dire Strait