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Seahawk, a medium uncrewed surface vessel prototype, departs Naval Base Point Loma, California, on August 6, 2025. (US Navy)

Commentary

One Size Doesn’t Fit All: Building US Navy Hedges Against Rising Threats

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark

Commentary

Dec 8, 2025

Commentary

11 Min Read

Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia (L) and U.S. President Donald Trump watch a military flyover as bin Salman arrives at the White House on November 18, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump is hosting the crown prince for meetings aimed at strengthening economic and defense ties, including the U.S. sale of F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia and President Donald Trump at the White House on November 18, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)

Reports

The Saudi F-35 Gambit: A High-End Arms Sale Meets Middle Eastern Geopolitics

Can Kasapoğlu

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Can Kasapoğlu

Reports

Nov 21, 2025

Reports

8 Min Read

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In the Media

Delivering Space Capabilities for Warfighting Advantage

Timothy A. Walton

Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Timothy A. Walton

In the Media

Nov 20, 2025

In the Media

The 52nd Security Forces Squadron, counter small unmanned aircraft system (C-sUAS) program is monitoring the skies for adversary drones during Astral Knight 24 at Powidz Air Base, Poland, May 13, 2024. The Rapidly Deployable Small Uncrewed Aircraft Defense System (RD-SUADS) is part of the integrated air and missile defense incorporating defensive measures to prevent the adversary from effectively employing any type of drone for espionage or offensive. (U.S. Photo by Staff Sgt. Gaspar Cortez)

A counter small unmanned aircraft system program monitors the skies for adversary drones during Astral Knight 24 at Powidz Air Base in Poland on May 13, 2024. (US Air Force)

Commentary

How NATO Can Build Europe’s Drone Wall

Can Kasapoğlu

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Peter Rough

Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Can Kasapoğlu & Peter Rough

Commentary

Nov 17, 2025

Commentary

6 Min Read

: A serviceman of the 34th Coastal Defense Brigade with the call sign ‘Shok’ holds the GOR drone, a Ukrainian reconnaissance aircraft that servicemen use to detect Russian enemy positions, at the launch point on March 14, 2025 in Kherson Oblast, Ukraine. The 34th Coastal Defense Brigade was recently formed based on the 124th Territorial Defense Brigade, which has been fighting for Kherson since the first days of the Russian full-scale invasion 2022. Over the past three years, the brigade’s units have also f

A Ukrainian serviceman holds the GOR drone on March 14, 2025, in Kherson Oblast, Ukraine. (Getty Images)

Reports

The Impact of Drones on the Battlefield: Lessons of the Russia-Ukraine War from a French Perspective

Tsiporah Fried

Visiting Senior Fellow

Tsiporah Fried

Reports

Nov 13, 2025

Reports

Long Read

The Russian military unveils the submarine Khabarovsk at Sevmash JSC Shipyard in Severodvinsk, Russia, on November 1, 2025. (Getty Images)

Podcast

Russian Super Weapons and What Comes Next for the US

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark

Podcast

Nov 4, 2025

Podcast

The fireball and plume from the Operation Plumbbob shot Priscilla atomic explosion are seen at Camp Mercury in Yucca Flats, Nevada, on June 24, 1957. (Getty Images)

Commentary

New START and Trump’s Nuclear Test

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Commentary

Oct 31, 2025

Commentary

4 Min Read

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Podcast

Drug Wars, Sanctions, Nuclear Power, and Japan

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Podcast

Oct 25, 2025

Podcast

President Donald Trump greets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky outside the West Wing of the White House on October 17, 2025. (Getty Images)

Podcast

Sanctions on China, Tomahawk Cruise Missiles for Ukraine, and Zelenskyy in DC

Patrick M. Cronin

Asia-Pacific Security Chair

Patrick M. Cronin

Podcast

Oct 20, 2025

Podcast

A Ukrainian multiple rocket launcher BM-27 Uragan fires on Russian positions on October 3, 2025, in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Getty Images)

Commentary

Ukraine Military Situation Report | October 15

Can Kasapoğlu

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Can Kasapoğlu

Commentary

Oct 15, 2025

Commentary

3 Min Read

The European Union flag is displayed U-Power Stadium in Monza, Italy, on September 27, 2025. (Getty Images)

The European Union flag is displayed at U-Power Stadium in Monza, Italy, on September 27, 2025. (Getty Images)

Commentary

New EU Defensive Initiatives Vital in Era of Hybrid Warfare

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Luke Coffey

Oct 10, 2025

Commentary

4 Min Read

National ammunitions designed for F-35 warplanes by TUBITAK Defense Industries Research and Development Institute are displayed during the inauguration ceremony for National Technology Development Infrastructures in Ankara, Turkey, on October 31, 2018. (Getty Images)

Commentary

It’s Time to Return Turkey to the F-35 Fold, Even If We Have to Get Creative