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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.

A military helicopter flies over the waters of Agana Bay in Hagatna, Guam, on Aug. 10, 2015. (Tiffany Tompkins-Condie/McClatchy DC/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

Reports

Defending Guam

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Matthew Costlow

Senior Analyst, National Institute for Public Policy

Timothy A. Walton

Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Patty-Jane Geller

Policy Analyst for Nuclear Deterrence and Missile Defense, The Heritage Foundation

Peppi DeBiaso

Non-Resident Senior Associate of the Missile Defense Project, CSIS

Dr. Oriana Skylar Mastro

Center Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

Blake Herzinger

Pacific Forum non-resident WSD-Handa fellow and US Navy Reserve foreign area officer

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs, Bryan Clark & Matthew Costlow More…

Reports

10 Min Read

Officers of the China Coast Guard stand on deck as they set sail in the North Pacific Ocean from Shanghai, on July 30, 2021. (Photo by Xinhua via Getty Images)

Commentary

Build a Fleet that Contests Every Inch

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark

Jul 5, 2022

Commentary

13 Min Read

The transporter erector, used to load Minuteman III ballistic missiles, is raised during an annual proofload test at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, on April 2, 2019. (US Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ashley Boster)

Commentary

The Fourth Nuclear Window of Vulnerability

Michael R. Pompeo delivering a speech at Hudson Institute. (Cherie Cullen).

Commentary

Transcript: War, Ukraine, and a Global Alliance for Freedom

Michael R. Pompeo

Former Distinguished Fellow

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Michael R. Pompeo & Walter Russell Mead

Jun 24, 2022

Commentary

1 Min Read

A F-22 Raptor from the 325th Fighter Wing flies alongside a F-35 Lightning II from the 33rd Fighter Wing over the Emerald Coast. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt Savanah Bray)

Reports

Building a Team for Next Generation Air Dominance

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Dan Patt

Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark & Dan Patt

Reports

7 Min Read

MQ-1C Gray Eagle Unmanned Aircraft System (U.S. Army)

Commentary

Uncrewed Airpower Is Ukraine’s Path To Long-Term Security

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark

Jun 22, 2022

Commentary

4 Min Read

Two F-16 Fighting Falcons fly in formation behind a KC-10 Extender from Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, Dec. 25, 2021. (U.S. Air Force)

Commentary

Got Fuel? Fixing the US Military’s Aerial Refueling Architecture

Timothy A. Walton

Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Timothy A. Walton

Jun 17, 2022

Commentary

4 Min Read

U.S. service members wait at the Pope Army Airfield before deploying to Europe at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on February 3, 2022. (Allison Joyce/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

US Restraint Has Created an Unstable and Dangerous World

H.R. McMaster

Chair of the Advisory Board, Japan Chair

Gabriel Scheinmann

Director, Alexander Hamilton Society

H.R. McMaster & Gabriel Scheinmann

Jun 17, 2022

Commentary

10 Min Read

Soldiers from China's People's Liberation Army march on Red Square during a military parade in Moscow on June 24, 2020. (Photo by Pavel Golovkin/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

China and Economic Security in the Shadow of Ukraine