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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.

Masked Palestinian youths dressed as suicide bombers carry Hamas flags and a makeshift Qassam rocket during a rally organized by Hamas, in the West Bank City of Ramallah, on September 22, 2005 (Jamal Aruri/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

US Must Stand Up to Terrorists and We Need Supreme Court and Congress to Do Their Part

Nikki R. Haley

Walter P. Stern Chair

Nikki R. Haley

Mar 28, 2025

Commentary

3 Min Read

US troops of the 23rd (Americal) Infantry Division ford a river about 11 miles west of Chu Lai in South Vietnam (then the Republic of Vietnam, or RVN), 15th August 1971. The GIs, members of Bravo Company, 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry, are among the last U. S. combat troops still operating in the field. US B-52 aircraft bombed suspected communist troop concentrations near the demilitarized zone, on August 15th, following more shelling and ground assaults earlier on August 15th. More than 750 rounds of mortar

United States troops of the 23rd Infantry Division ford a river in South Vietnam on August 15, 1971. (Getty Images)

Commentary

How America Won, Then Lost, the Vietnam War

William Luti

Adjunct Fellow

William Luti

Mar 28, 2025

Commentary

4 Min Read

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Podcast

The View of the Middle East from Mar-a-Lago

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Mar 28, 2025

Podcast

A Ukrainian soldier fires an M2 Browning machine gun during training near Donbas, Ukraine, on March 20, 2025. (Thomas Krych/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Commentary

Ukraine Military Situation Report | March 26

Can Kasapoğlu

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Can Kasapoğlu

Mar 26, 2025

Commentary

3 Min Read

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth greets Supreme Allied Commander Europe General Christopher Cavoli before the North Atlantic Council meeting of defense ministers on February 13, 2025, in Brussels, Belgium. (Omar Havana via Getty Images)

Commentary

Why America Should Keep the NATO Command Chair

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Mar 25, 2025

Commentary

4 Min Read

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky attend a joint press conference at the Vahdettin Mansion on July 8, 2023, in Istanbul, Turkey. (Ozan Guzelce/ dia images via Getty Images)

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attend a joint press conference at the Vahdettin Mansion on July 8, 2023, in Istanbul, Turkey. (Ozan Guzelce via Getty Images)

Commentary

Understanding Turkey’s Role in the Russia-Ukraine War

Zineb Riboua

Research Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East

Zineb Riboua

Mar 24, 2025

Commentary

7 Min Read

The DeepSeek logo is seen on a phone in front of a flag of China on January 28, 2025, in Hong Kong, China. (Anthony Kwan via Getty Images)

Reports

AI, National Security, and the Global Technology Race: How US Export Controls Define the Future of Innovation

Nury Turkel

Former Senior Fellow

Nury Turkel

Mar 24, 2025

Reports

Long Read

President Donald Trump shakes hands with US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff on February 11, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Al Drago via Getty Images)

Commentary

Trump Wants a Calm Middle East

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Mar 24, 2025

Commentary

1 Min Read

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In the Media

Deep Dive | March 24

Jonathan Hessen

Former Nonresident Senior Fellow

Michael Doran

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

Jonathan Hessen & Michael Doran

Mar 24, 2025

In the Media

Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev and Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan attend a plenary session at the BRICS summit, in Kazan, Russia, on October 24, 2024. (Photo by Maxim Shmetov/AFP via Getty)

Commentary

Peace in the Caucasus

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Luke Coffey

Mar 22, 2025

Commentary

5 Min Read

US President Donald Trump (R) meets with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 4, 2025. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

President Donald Trump meets with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 4, 2025. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Trump and Bibi Issue an Ultimatum. Iran and Hamas Should Heed It.

Mike Watson

Former Fellow

Mike Watson

Mar 22, 2025

Commentary

4 Min Read

Yemenis brandish rifles and chant during a demonstration called for by the rebel Houthi movement in Sanaa on March 17, 2025. (Mohammed Huwais / AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Trump Is Striking the Houthis—While Putin Keeps Enflaming Them