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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.

DigitalGlobe imagery of the Shayrat Air Base outside of Homs, Syria. Closeup-1, April 7, 2016. (Photo DigitalGlobe/Getty Images)

Commentary

How Trump's Syria Missile Strike Could Transform the Middle East

Arthur Herman

Former Senior Fellow

Arthur Herman

Apr 10, 2017

Commentary

4 Min Read

In the Media

Analysis on Egypt's Church Bombings

Nina Shea

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Religious Freedom

Nina Shea

Apr 10, 2017

In the Media

US President Donald Trump gives a thumbs-up as he walks to Marine One at General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, April 18, 2017. (SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

Commentary

Trump's Conundrum: What Policy Will He Adopt After the Bombing?

Ronald Radosh

Former Adjunct Fellow

Ronald Radosh

Apr 9, 2017

Commentary

5 Min Read

The guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) conducts strike operations while in the Mediterranean Sea, April 7, 2017. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ford Williams/Released)

Commentary

In Striking Syria, Trump Made All the Right Calls

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Apr 8, 2017

Commentary

5 Min Read

$Russia's president Vladimir Putin during a meeting with his envoy to the Volga Federal District, Alexander Yevstifeyev (not in picture) in the Kremlin. (Mikhail Klimentyev\TASS via Getty Images)$

Russia's president Vladimir Putin during a meeting with his envoy to the Volga Federal District, Alexander Yevstifeyev (not in picture) in the Kremlin. (Mikhail Klimentyev\TASS via Getty Images)

Commentary

Did Putin Get the Message?

Lee Smith

Former Senior Fellow

Lee Smith

Apr 8, 2017

Commentary

6 Min Read

US President Donald Trump delivers a statement on Syria from the Mar-a-Lago estate in West Palm Beach, Florida, on April 6, 2017. (JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)

Commentary

America Is Back

Michael Doran

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East

Michael Doran

Apr 7, 2017

Commentary

2 Min Read

USS Ross (DDG 71) fires a tomahawk land attack missile April 7, 2017. (Robert S. Price/U.S. Navy/Handout/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Commentary

What the Syria Strikes Mean

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Damir Marusic

Executive Editor, The American Interest

Andrew Bernard

Via Meadia intern and writer

Walter Russell Mead, Damir Marusic & Andrew Bernard

Apr 7, 2017

Commentary

3 Min Read

Boy Scouts take to the streets in New York City, 1917. (Underwood & Underwood/National Geographic Magazine/Wikimedia)

Commentary

How 'Mr. Wilson's War' Shaped the World Order

Arthur Herman

Former Senior Fellow

Arthur Herman

Apr 6, 2017

Commentary

9 Min Read

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

In the Media

Role of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the Region: A Terror Group or an Ally?

Michael Pregent

Former Senior Fellow

Michael Pregent

Apr 6, 2017

In the Media

(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