National Security and Defense

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.
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Edwin Feulner speaks at the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland. (Wikimedia Commons)





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Bryan McGrath
Former Deputy Director, Center for American Seapower
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Mackenzie Eaglen
Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
Bryan McGrath & Mackenzie Eaglen
4 Min Read
Rebel fighters inspecting the wreckage of a Syrian army helicopter after Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)'s fighters allegedly destroyed it when they left the Meng Military Airport, Aleppo, March 1, 2014 (MOHAMMED AL-KHATIEB/AFP/Getty Images)
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Rebel fighters inspecting the wreckage of a Syrian army helicopter after Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)'s fighters allegedly destroyed it when they left the Meng Military Airport, Aleppo, March 1, 2014 (MOHAMMED AL-KHATIEB/AFP/Getty Images)
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Aymenn Jaweed al-Tamimi
Shillman-Ginsburg Fellow, Middle East Forum
Aymenn Jaweed al-Tamimi
Long Read
Egyptian soldiers are seen standing guard in military vehicles in Cairo's Tahrir square on January 26, 2014 the day after thousands of demonstrators protested in the square. (AHMED TARANH/AFP/Getty Images)
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Egyptian soldiers are seen standing guard in military vehicles in Cairo's Tahrir square on January 26, 2014 the day after thousands of demonstrators protested in the square. (AHMED TARANH/AFP/Getty Images)
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Samuel Tadros
Former Senior Fellow
Samuel Tadros
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Rally in Support of Chibok Schoolgirls Abducted by Boko Haram, Lagos, Nigeria, May 5, 2014 (Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP/Getty Images).
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Rally in Support of Chibok Schoolgirls Abducted by Boko Haram, Lagos, Nigeria, May 5, 2014 (Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP/Getty Images).
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Jacob Zenn
Research Analyst, The Jamestown Foundation, and Research Fellow, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences
Jacob Zenn
Long Read
A picture taken on March 2, 2014 shows the US and NATO flags in the wind at the NATO headquarters in Brussels.  (GEORGES GOBET/AFP/Getty Images)
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A picture taken on March 2, 2014 shows the US and NATO flags in the wind at the NATO headquarters in Brussels. (GEORGES GOBET/AFP/Getty Images)
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Seth Cropsey
President, Yorktown Institute
Seth Cropsey
6 Min Read
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