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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 U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer assigned to the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron assigned to the 28th Bomb Wing fly a 10-hour mission from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, into Japanese airspace and over the Korean Peninsula, July 30, 2017

Commentary

To Deter War with China, Defend Guam

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Jul 11, 2020

Commentary

8 Min Read

A nuclear-powered Type 094A Jin-class ballistic missile submarine of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy during a military exercise in the South China Sea in 2018.

Commentary

The CCP’s Refusal to Join the U.S. in Arms Talks Intensifies Concerns about China’s Nukes

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Jul 8, 2020

Commentary

5 Min Read

Dr. Will Roper, Director of the Strategic Capabilities Office under the Office of the Secretary of Defense, explains U.S. military's use of the Micro UAV called Perdix at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency building on March 4, 2016, in Arlingto

Commentary

Pentagon And Congress Risk Bungling Drive To Modernize U.S. Military

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark

Jul 8, 2020

Commentary

5 Min Read

Commentary

Transcript: The Threat Posed by the Chinese Government and the Chinese Communist Party to the Economic and National Security of the United States

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Christopher Wray

Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

Walter Russell Mead & Christopher Wray

Jul 7, 2020

Commentary

0 Min Read

Alexander Hamilton

Commentary

End the Jones Act? Ask Alexander Hamilton

Timothy A. Walton

Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Timothy A. Walton & Bryan Clark

Jul 4, 2020

Commentary

4 Min Read

Commentary

Cutting Coast Guard Funds Threatens Our Security, at Home and in the Pacific

Seth Cropsey

President, Yorktown Institute

Seth Cropsey

Jul 2, 2020

Commentary

5 Min Read

Seabee divers perform maintenance on undersea cables at the Pacific Missile Range Facility Barking Sands, Hawaii. Much of the globe's military and civilian electronic messages flow through undersea cables.

Commentary

Protecting Undersea Cables Must Be Made a National Security Priority

Nadia Schadlow

Senior Fellow

Nadia Schadlow

Jul 1, 2020

Commentary

4 Min Read

Commentary

It's Time To Rethink Japan's Missile Defenses

Timothy A. Walton

Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Timothy A. Walton & Bryan Clark

Jun 26, 2020

Commentary

4 Min Read

Mourners carry the coffins of slain Iraqi paramilitary chief Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani and eight others during a funeral procession in Iraq on January 4, 2020. (Photo by MOHAMMED SAWAF/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Qassem Soleimani’s Fall and the Battle Inside Iraq to Come