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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.

(Screenshot via Bloomberg)

In the Media

Chinese Maker of Bitcoin-Mining Machines Is a Security Threat, Says Expert

David Feith

Senior Fellow

David Feith

In the Media

Dec 2, 2025

In the Media

A soldier from an artillery crew of the Striletskyi special forces police battalion of the Main Department of the National Police in Zaporizhzhia region aims a 122-mm howitzer D-30 to fire at the positions of Russian troops in the Pokrovsk direction in Donetsk region, Ukraine, on November 20, 2025. (Photo by Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform/NurPhoto via Getty Images) NO USE RUSSIA. NO USE BELARUS.

A Ukrainian soldier aims at Russian troops in Pokrovsk, Ukraine, on November 20, 2025. (Getty Images)

Commentary

Ukraine Military Situation Report | November 26

Can Kasapoğlu

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Can Kasapoğlu

Commentary

Nov 26, 2025

Commentary

4 Min Read

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks to reporters in Tokyo on November 21, 2025. (Getty Images)

Commentary

To Reframe Taiwan, Washington Should Heed Japan’s Takaichi

Miles Yu

Senior Fellow and Director, China Center

Miles Yu

Commentary

Nov 24, 2025

Commentary

4 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

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

(Screenshot via YouTube)

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

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

Commentary

Ukraine Military Situation Report | November 19

Can Kasapoğlu

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Can Kasapoğlu

Commentary

Nov 19, 2025

Commentary

5 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

(School of War)

Podcast

The Ukrainian Way of War

Aaron MacLean

Former 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