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BAKU, AZERBAIJAN - JANUARY 27: The Iranian flag flies outside the country's embassy on January 27, 2023 in Baku, Azerbaijan. According to Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry a man armed with a Kalashnikov-style rifle attacked the Azerbaijan Embassy in Iran's capital Tehran, an employee of the security service of the embassy was killed, and two more were injured. (Photo by Aziz Karimov/Getty Images)

The Iranian flag flies outside the country's embassy in Baku, Azerbaijan, on January 27, 2023. (Aziz Karimov/Getty Images)

Commentary

Don’t Take Your Eyes off Iran’s Northern Border

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Luke Coffey

Feb 3, 2023

Commentary

4 Min Read

230204-N-MJ302-1255 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Feb. 4, 2023) The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) transits the South China Sea. Nimitz is in U.S. 7th Fleet conducting routine operations. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy's largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with Allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class David Rowe)

The USS Nimitz transits the South China Sea on February 4, 2023. (US Navy photo by David Rowe)

In the Media

The Risk of Conflict with China

Miles Yu

Senior Fellow and Director, China Center

Miles Yu

Feb 2, 2023

In the Media

BERGEN, GERMANY - OCTOBER 17: The crew of a main battle tank Leopard 2 waiting for Chancellor Olaf Scholz during a visit at the Bundeswehr army training center in Ostenholz on October 17, 2022 near Hodenhagen, Germany. Scholz has vowed to modernize Germany's armed forces with a special EUR 100 billion budget following Russia's military invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by David Hecker/Getty Images)

The crew of a Leopard 2 main battle tank waiting for Chancellor Olaf Scholz during his visit to the Bundeswehr army training center in Ostenholz, Germany, on October 17, 2022. (David Hecker via Getty Images)

Commentary

Germany Remains in Denial over Its Russia Policy

Matthew Boyse

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Matthew Boyse

Feb 1, 2023

Commentary

13 Min Read

SOUTH CHINA SEA (Feb. 19, 2022) – The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Tulsa (LCS 16) approaches the dry cargo ship USNS Amelia Earhart (T-AKE 6) for a replenishment-at-sea. Tulsa, part of Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 7, is on a rotational deployment, operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with partners and serve as a ready-response force in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Devin M.

The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Tulsa approaches the dry cargo ship USNS Amelia Earhart for a replenishment in the South China Sea on February 19, 2022. (US Navy photo by Devin M. Langer)

In the Media

Denying China the Opportunity to Wage War on Taiwan

Miles Yu

Senior Fellow and Director, China Center

Miles Yu

Feb 1, 2023

In the Media

(Screenshot via Foreign Policy/Vimeo)

In the Media

Biden’s Foreign Policy Report Card

Nadia Schadlow

Senior Fellow

Nadia Schadlow

Feb 1, 2023

In the Media

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant in Jerusalem on January 31, 2023. [State Department photo by Ron Przysucha/ Public Domain]

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant in Jerusalem, Israel, on January 31, 2023. (State Department via Flickr)

In the Media

Secretary Blinken's Middle East Visit

Jonathan Schachter

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

Jonathan Schachter

Feb 1, 2023

In the Media

Senior Airmen Davonte Martinez, left, and Victor Davis, right, both 436th Aerial Port Squadron ramp operation specialists, load cargo during a security assistance mission at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Jan. 20, 2023. The Department of Defense is providing Ukraine with critical capabilities to defend against Russian aggression. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marco A. Gomez)

Airmen load cargo during a security assistance mission providing Ukraine with critical capabilities to defend against Russian aggression at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on January 20, 2023. (US Air Force photo by Marco A. Gomez)

Commentary

Who Are the Real “Realists” on Ukraine?

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Feb 1, 2023

Commentary

7 Min Read

Exercise Artemis Strike is a German-led tactical live fire exercise with live Patriot and Stinger missiles at the NATO Missile Firing Installation in Chania, Greece from Oct. 31-Nov. 09. Over 200 U.S. soldiers and approximately 650 German airmen will be participating in the realistic training within a combined construct, exercise the rigors associated with force projection and educate operators on their air missile defense systems. The 10th Army Air Missile Defense Command will deploy, operate and fire live

A US Army Patriot missile system launches a rocket as part of a NATO training exercise in Greece on November 11, 2017. (DVIDS)

In the Media

Tanks and Long-Range Capabilities Are Crucial to Ukrainian Territorial Gains

Peter Rough

Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Peter Rough

Feb 1, 2023

In the Media

Podcast

China Insider #8 | Mike Pompeo Never Gives an Inch, Nationalist Rhetoric from Beijing, and the Case of a Missing Boy in China

Miles Yu

Senior Fellow and Director, China Center

Wilson Shirley

Former Media Fellow, China Center

Miles Yu & Wilson Shirley

Jan 31, 2023

Podcast

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman at Al Salam Palace in Saudi Arabia on September 24, 2022. (Kay Nietfeld/Picture Alliance via Getty Images)

Commentary

What the Gulf Can Learn from the War in Ukraine

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Luke Coffey

Jan 30, 2023

Commentary

4 Min Read

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets with Joe Biden in the Oval Office on December 21, 2022. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Hardheaded Support for a Ukrainian Victory

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Luke Coffey

Jan 30, 2023

Commentary

4 Min Read

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to the 480th Fighter Squadron, lands at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, April 30, 2022 after a three-month rotational deployment at Fetesti Air Base, Romania. Since 2014, the NATO Alliance has implemented assurance measures through enhanced Air Policing, with the goal to secure regional stability and assure Allies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Anthony Plyler)

An F-16 Fighting Falcon lands at Spangdahlem Air Base in Germany on April 30, 2022, after a three-month rotational deployment at Fetesti Air Base in Romania. (US Air Force photo by Anthony Plyler)

In the Media

Does Ukraine Need Fighter Jets to Win?