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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.

Rebooting Defense Production Nadia Hudson

A worker inspects the form of the shaped steel billets following the press stage in the manufacturing process of 155mm caliber shells at the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant in Pennsylvania on April 16, 2024. (Getty Images)

Reports

Rebooting the Defense Production Act

Nadia Schadlow

Senior Fellow

Nadia Schadlow

Sep 10, 2025

Reports

Long Read

Mena Defense Intelligence Digest | September 2025 Assessing Defense Cooperation Between Iran and China in the Wake of the 12-Day War Can Kasapoglu Below, Hudson Senior Fellow Can Kasapoğlu offers an assessment of the growing defense ties between China and Iran.

Iran Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh attends the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Defense Ministers' Meeting on June 26, 2025 in Shanghai, China. (Fu Tian via Getty Images)

Reports

Assessing Defense Cooperation Between Iran and China in the Wake of the 12-Day War | MENA Defense Intelligence Digest

Can Kasapoğlu

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Can Kasapoğlu

Sep 9, 2025

Reports

10 Min Read

(School of War)

Podcast

Axis Military Cooperation

Aaron MacLean

Former Senior Fellow

Aaron MacLean

Sep 7, 2025

Podcast

A US Army Patriot Missile System participates in the exercise DEFENDER-Europe 21 in Croatia on May 17, 2021. (US Army)

Commentary

Golden Dome: Getting Our Sword-to-Shield Ratio Right

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark

Sep 5, 2025

Commentary

4 Min Read

A soldier from the 47th Brigade's mortar crew, Varvara with the call sign 'Kosa', aims a mortar for firing on August 12, 2025 in Sumy Oblast, Ukraine. (Vitalii Nosach via Getty Images)

Commentary

Ukraine Military Situation Report | September 3

Can Kasapoğlu

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Can Kasapoğlu

Sep 3, 2025

Commentary

3 Min Read

Pathogen as Policy: Defending Against Chinese Biowarfare Michael Sobolik

An employee works on the production line at a biolab on January 4, 2023, in Hengyang, China. (Peng Bin via Getty Images)

Reports

Pathogen as Policy: Defending Against Chinese Biowarfare

Michael Sobolik

Senior Fellow

Michael Sobolik

Sep 3, 2025

Reports

12 Min Read

(School of War)

Podcast

What Went Wrong on October 7

Aaron MacLean

Former Senior Fellow

Aaron MacLean

Sep 2, 2025

Podcast

The USS Sampson steams alongside the USS Nimitz in the Pacific Ocean on October 5, 2024. (US Navy photo by Seaman Apprentice Joseph Paolucci)

Podcast

Flotilla off Venezuela

Mary Kissel

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Mary Kissel

Sep 2, 2025

Podcast

Washington Times: Why China Must Be Excluded from Postwar Ukraine’s Reconstruction and Security Guarantees By Miles Yu September 1, 2025

Chinese honor guards participate in a welcome ceremony in Tianjin, China, on August 31, 2025, as Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives to attend a Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit. (Vladimir Smirnov via Getty Images)

Commentary

Why China Must Be Excluded from Postwar Ukraine’s Reconstruction and Security Guarantees

Miles Yu

Senior Fellow and Director, China Center

Miles Yu

Sep 1, 2025

Commentary

5 Min Read

The Australian: Why Cognitive Warfare Is Beijing’s Greatest Weapon By John Lee and Lavina Lee August 29, 2025

Chinese military personnel take part in a rehearsal ahead of a parade commemorating the eightieth anniversary of victory in World War II in Beijing on August 20, 2025. (Pedro Pardo via Getty Images)

Commentary

Why Cognitive Warfare Is Beijing’s Greatest Weapon