Caption
An aerial view of a container ship arriving at the Port of Oakland on October 10, 2025, in Oakland, California. (Getty Images)
National Security and Defense
National Security and Defense
Caption
The members of Japan Self-defense Force prepare the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile for interception right after North Korea's rocket launch on February 7, 2016 in Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan. (The Asahi Shimbun/The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)
![U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers a statement on Daesh and Genocide in the Press Briefing Room at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 17, 2016. [State Department/Flickr]](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/12324/feature_20160317_shea25834742016_0fe40bcf34_o.jpeg?h=ae002e9f&itok=g6rVRRt4)
Caption
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers a statement on Daesh and Genocide in the Press Briefing Room at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 17, 2016. [State Department/Flickr]
Caption
U.S. aircraft assigned to Carrier Air Wing 9 launch from the flight deck of the USS John C. Stennis in the Pacific Ocean, May 1, 2015. (DoD/Released)
Caption
Israel, Jerusalem (Yerushalayim), old town, Temple Mount, Dome of Rock or Mosque of Omar, 1999 (DEA / W. BUSS/De Agostini/Getty Images)
Caption
A Kurdish refugee mother and son from the Syrian town of Kobani walk beside their tent in a camp on the Turkish-Syrian border on October 19, 2014 in Sanliurfa, Turkey. (Gokhan Sahin/Getty Images)
Caption
A Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) Block 1B interceptor is launched from the USS LAKE ERIE (CG 70) during a Missile Defense Agency and U.S. Navy test in the mid-Pacific, May 16, 2013. (U.S. Missile Defense Agency)
Experts
David Asher
Senior Fellow
William P. Barr
Distinguished Fellow
