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.
The Australian: Why Cognitive Warfare Is Beijing’s Greatest Weapon  By John Lee and Lavina Lee  August 29, 2025
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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)
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Lavina Lee
Senior lecturer in the Department of Security Studies and Criminology at Macquarie University, Council of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute 
John Lee & Lavina Lee
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US Air Force F-35A Lightning II aircraft sit on the flight line at Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida on August 28, 2025. (DVIDS)
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US Air Force F-35A Lightning II aircraft sit on the flight line at Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida on August 28, 2025. (DVIDS)
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Shyam Sankar
Former Trustee
Shyam Sankar
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Graduates listen to a student speaker during the 257th Commencement Ceremony at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, on May 25, 2025. (Joseph Prezioso via Getty Images)
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon on June 22, 2025. (Andrew Harnik via Getty Images)
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Sankar
Sankar
Shyam Sankar
Former Trustee
Shyam Sankar
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In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Vladimir Putin enters a hall to meet with graduates of higher military educational institutions at the Kremlin on June 23, 2025. (Alexander Kazakov via Getty Images)
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In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Vladimir Putin enters a hall to meet with graduates of higher military educational institutions at the Kremlin on June 23, 2025. (Alexander Kazakov via Getty Images)
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Peter Rough Hudson Institute
Peter Rough Hudson Institute
Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia
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An Israeli soldier attaches a Druze flag to the antenna of a Humvee along a barbed-wire fence in the Golan Heights near the Druze village of Majdal Shams on July 19, 2025. (Jalaa Marey via Getty Images)
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An Israeli soldier attaches a Druze flag to the antenna of a Humvee along a barbed-wire fence in the Golan Heights near the Druze village of Majdal Shams on July 19, 2025. (Jalaa Marey via Getty Images)
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Hessen
Jonathan Hessen
Former Nonresident Senior Fellow
Jonathan Hessen
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