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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signs the golden book as he meets Norway’s king on October 20, 2026, at the Royal Palace in Oslo. (Getty Images)
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An F/A-18E Super Hornet prepares to launch from the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln during Operation Epic Fury on March 29, 2026. (US Navy)
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Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf meets with Pakistan’s Army Chief Syed Asim Munir on May 23, 2026, in Tehran, Iran. (Getty Images)
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Ukrainian soldiers operate a Bliskavka attack drone to strike Russian positions in the direction of Kostiantynivka, Ukraine, on May 15, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Smoke rises above Kyiv during a Russian strike on the Ukrainian capital on May 24, 2026, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine. (Getty Images)
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Vessels are seen anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off the port city of Khasab, Oman, on May 17, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Belarusian Defence Minister Viktor Khrenin at a training ground in the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast on September 16, 2025. (Getty Images
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President Donald Trump delivers a speech about the economy at Rockland Community College Fieldhouse in Suffern, New York, on May 22, 2026. (Getty Images)
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A large Ukrainian flag waves in the wind as smoke rises on the horizon along the front line following a bombardment by Russian forces on May 25, 2026, in Kramatorsk, Ukraine. (Getty Images)
Experts
David Byrd
Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
Bryan Clark
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
Luke Coffey
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Ezra Cohen
Adjunct Fellow
Damien Cristofari
Visiting Senior Fellow
Ian Crone
Fellow (Nonresident), Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
Patrick M. Cronin
Asia-Pacific Security Chair
Jack David
Senior Fellow and Trustee
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Garrett Exner
Adjunct Fellow
Hillel Fradkin
Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Islam, Democracy, and the Future of the Muslim World
Tsiporah Fried
Visiting Senior Fellow
Mike Gallagher
Distinguished Fellow
Nikki R. Haley
Walter P. Stern Chair
Husain Haqqani
Senior Fellow
Taro Hayashi
Japan Chair Fellow (Nonresident)
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative
Ludovic Hood
Senior Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Komei Isozaki
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
Can Kasapoğlu
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
Daniel Kochis
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Andrew F. Krepinevich Jr.
Senior Fellow
William Luti
Adjunct Fellow
Mario Mancuso
Visiting Senior Fellow
Paul Marshall
Senior Fellow, Center for Religious Freedom
Brigham A. McCown
Senior Fellow and Director, Initiative on American Energy Security
H.R. McMaster
Chair of the Advisory Board, Japan Chair
Walter Russell Mead
Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship
Joshua Meservey
Senior Fellow
Satoru Nagao
Fellow (Nonresident)
Aparna Pande
Senior Fellow
Dan Patt
Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
Tomáš Pojar
Senior Fellow (Nonresident), Center on Europe and Eurasia
James J. Przystup
Senior Fellow, Japan Chair
David Rader
Senior Fellow
Joel Rayburn
Senior Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Peter Rough
Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Jonathan Schachter
Senior Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
William Schneider
Senior Fellow
Kotaro Shiojiri
Fellow (Nonresident)
Abram N. Shulsky
Senior Fellow
Robert Spalding
Senior Fellow
Koichiro Takagi
Japan Chair Fellow (Nonresident)
Iku Tsujihiro
Research Associate
John P. Walters
President and CEO
Timothy A. Walton
Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
Kenneth R. Weinstein
Japan Chair
Richard Weitz
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis
