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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.

The 52nd Security Forces Squadron, counter small unmanned aircraft system (C-sUAS) program is monitoring the skies for adversary drones during Astral Knight 24 at Powidz Air Base, Poland, May 13, 2024. The Rapidly Deployable Small Uncrewed Aircraft Defense System (RD-SUADS) is part of the integrated air and missile defense incorporating defensive measures to prevent the adversary from effectively employing any type of drone for espionage or offensive. (U.S. Photo by Staff Sgt. Gaspar Cortez)

A counter small unmanned aircraft system program monitors the skies for adversary drones during Astral Knight 24 at Powidz Air Base in Poland on May 13, 2024. (US Air Force)

Commentary

How NATO Can Build Europe’s Drone Wall

Can Kasapoğlu

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Peter Rough

Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Can Kasapoğlu & Peter Rough

Commentary

Nov 17, 2025

Commentary

6 Min Read

(Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe)

Testimony

Deterrence on NATO’s Eastern Flank

Peter Rough

Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Peter Rough

Testimony

Nov 17, 2025

Testimony

13 Min Read

A US infantryman releases a Neros Archer small unmanned aircraft system for a test flight at the Fort Irwin in California on October 25, 2025. (US Army)

A US infantryman releases a Neros Archer small unmanned aircraft system for a test flight at Fort Irwin in California on October 25, 2025. (US Army)

Commentary

The Pentagon Chooses Learning over Losing

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark

Commentary

Nov 13, 2025

Commentary

3 Min Read

: A serviceman of the 34th Coastal Defense Brigade with the call sign ‘Shok’ holds the GOR drone, a Ukrainian reconnaissance aircraft that servicemen use to detect Russian enemy positions, at the launch point on March 14, 2025 in Kherson Oblast, Ukraine. The 34th Coastal Defense Brigade was recently formed based on the 124th Territorial Defense Brigade, which has been fighting for Kherson since the first days of the Russian full-scale invasion 2022. Over the past three years, the brigade’s units have also f

A Ukrainian serviceman holds the GOR drone on March 14, 2025, in Kherson Oblast, Ukraine. (Getty Images)

Reports

The Impact of Drones on the Battlefield: Lessons of the Russia-Ukraine War from a French Perspective

Tsiporah Fried

Visiting Senior Fellow

Tsiporah Fried

Reports

Nov 13, 2025

Reports

Long Read

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth delivers a speech ahead of the arrival of President Donald Trump aboard USS George Washington on October 28, 2025, in Yokosuka, Japan. (Getty Images)

Commentary

War Footing

Shyam Sankar

Trustee

Shyam Sankar

Commentary

Nov 13, 2025

Commentary

5 Min Read

(Screenshot via Mike Gallagher)

Commentary

The Role of Education in US-China AI Competition

Mike Gallagher

Distinguished Fellow

Mike Gallagher

Commentary

Nov 12, 2025

Commentary

1 Min Read

A Ukrainian soldier aims with a machine gun during a military training on October 21, 2025, in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Getty Images)

Commentary

Ukraine Military Situation Report | November 12

Can Kasapoğlu

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Can Kasapoğlu

Commentary

Nov 12, 2025

Commentary

4 Min Read

(Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University)

In the Media

The Crisis of Pax Americana

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

In the Media

Nov 12, 2025

In the Media

A Jeep belonging to the Lebanese Hezbollah group is seen in Syrian near Lebanon on August 2, 2017. (Getty Images)

Commentary

The Syrian Civil War and the Shia Villages of al-Fua and Kafariya

Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi

Arabic translator, Editor at Castlereagh Associates

Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi

Commentary

Nov 10, 2025

Commentary

Long Read

A soldier stands guard at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on March 7, 2025. (Getty Images)

Commentary

Communist China Has Never Been a Peace-Loving Country

Miles Yu

Senior Fellow and Director, China Center

Miles Yu

Commentary

Nov 10, 2025

Commentary

5 Min Read

Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks with British armed forces personnel in front of a UK Typhoon fighter jet in Ankara, Turkey, on October 27, 2025. (Getty Images)

Commentary

Turkey’s Eurofighter Stopgap: The Best Available, Not the Best Possible