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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 Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptor is launched from a THAAD battery located on Wake Island, during Flight Test Operational (FTO)-02 Event 2a, November 1, 2015. (Missile Defense Agency)

Commentary

Common Defense Through Missile Defense

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Apr 6, 2017

Commentary

6 Min Read

(L) General Douglas MacArthur signs the formal surrender on the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, September 2, 1945 (US Navy/Released) (R) Chinese communist guerrilla leader Mao Tse-Tung, November 12, 1944. (Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Reports

Asian Shadows: The Hidden History of World War Two in the Pacific

Arthur Herman

Former Senior Fellow

Lewis Libby

Former Senior Vice President

Arthur Herman & Lewis Libby

Reports

Long Read

Commentary

Pesadillas Nucleares

In the Media

Religious Persecution in Egypt

Samuel Tadros

Former Senior Fellow

Samuel Tadros

Apr 3, 2017

In the Media

Commentary

How Pakistan is Courting the Abyss

Aparna Pande

Senior Fellow

Aparna Pande

Apr 3, 2017

Commentary

5 Min Read

Commentary

Current Trends in Islamist Ideology, Volume 21

Hillel Fradkin

Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Islam, Democracy, and the Future of the Muslim World

Husain Haqqani

Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia

Eric B. Brown

Senior Fellow

Hillel Fradkin, Husain Haqqani & Eric B. Brown

Mar 31, 2017

Commentary

1 Min Read

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson makes an opening speech during the Ministers of the global coalition on the defeat of Daesh, in Washington, United States on March 22, 2017. (Cem Ozdel/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Commentary

How to Defeat ISIS

Lee Smith

Former Senior Fellow

Lee Smith

Mar 24, 2017

Commentary

4 Min Read

Commentary

Israel Strikes Again in Syria

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Mar 22, 2017

Commentary

2 Min Read

Jerusalem, November 10, 2014. (THOMAS COEX/AFP/Getty Images)

Commentary

Israel, Fake News and the 'Apartheid State'

Lela Gilbert

Adjunct Fellow, Center for Religious Freedom

Lela Gilbert

Mar 22, 2017

Commentary

9 Min Read

Palestinian members of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, take part in a gathering on January 31, 2016 in Gaza city (MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images)

Commentary

The Department of Pay-for-Slay

Douglas J. Feith

Senior Fellow

Sander Gerber

Fellow, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs

Douglas J. Feith & Sander Gerber

Mar 20, 2017

Commentary

11 Min Read

A cross is seen on a hillside overlooking the NPU (Nineveh Plain Protection Units) checkpoint on November 8, 2016 in Qaraqosh, Iraq. (Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

Commentary

As We Work to Eradicate ISIS, Iraq's Christians, Yizidis Need Our Help Now More Than Ever