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Two F-35B combat aircraft from the United States Marine Corp depart after re-fueling from an RAF Voyager aircraft over the North Sea on October 08, 2020 in flight, above Scotland.

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

US Air Force F-35A Lightning IIs and Israeli Air Force F-35I Adirs fly in formation during exercise Enduring Lightning III over Israel on October 12, 2020. (US Air Force)

Commentary

How Israel’s Victory Strengthens America’s Hand

Zineb Riboua

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

Zineb Riboua

Commentary

Nov 20, 2025

Commentary

7 Min Read

An intelligence specialist activates a Skydio X2 small unmanned aerial system to survey the defensive line for opposing forces during a simulated assault and seizure at Glen Airfield in Queensland, Australia, in July 2025. (US Marine Corps)

Commentary

Commercial Innovation, Not Government Production, Will Win the Drone War

Nadia Schadlow

Senior Fellow

Nadia Schadlow

Commentary

Nov 19, 2025

Commentary

5 Min Read

French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on November 17, 2025, in Paris, France. (Getty Images)

Reports

Ukraine Military Situation Report | November 19

Can Kasapoğlu

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Can Kasapoğlu

Reports

Nov 19, 2025

Reports

5 Min Read

(School of War)

Podcast

The Ukrainian Way of War

Aaron MacLean

Senior Fellow

Aaron MacLean

Podcast

Nov 18, 2025

Podcast

AH-64 Apache helicopters depart a forward arming and refueling point to conduct aerial gunnery tables at Pabradė Training Area in Lithuania on September 9, 2025. (US Army)

Commentary

As We Await the Pentagon’s Posture Review, Here’s One Country We Should Keep Troops In

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Luke Coffey

Commentary

Nov 18, 2025

Commentary

4 Min Read

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

(Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe)

Testimony

Deterrence on NATO’s Eastern Flank

Peter Rough

Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Peter Rough

Testimony

Nov 17, 2025

Testimony

13 Min Read

A US infantryman releases a Neros Archer small unmanned aircraft system for a test flight at the Fort Irwin in California on October 25, 2025. (US Army)

A US infantryman releases a Neros Archer small unmanned aircraft system for a test flight at Fort Irwin in California on October 25, 2025. (US Army)

Commentary

The Pentagon Chooses Learning over Losing

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark

Commentary

Nov 13, 2025

Commentary

3 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

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth delivers a speech ahead of the arrival of President Donald Trump aboard USS George Washington on October 28, 2025, in Yokosuka, Japan. (Getty Images)

Commentary

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