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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.

A Ukrainian serviceman of 65th Separate Mechanised brigade loads a robotic minelaying ground platform with land mines during a military training. Ukrainian military now has access to a wide range of robotic ground platforms, each with various features and purposes, which have been actively deployed on the battlefield for several months. Notably, "minelaying robots" have become increasingly widespread. These reusable platforms are designed to deploy mines targeting enemy personnel or military equipment. Over

A Ukrainian serviceman loads a robotic minelaying ground platform with land mines during military training in Orikhiv, Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on August 31, 2024. (Andriy Andriyenko/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Commentary

Ukraine Military Situation Report | September 18

Can Kasapoğlu

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Can Kasapoğlu

Sep 18, 2024

Commentary

4 Min Read

A memorial is set near the entrance of the attack site and in front of Solingen City Church for locals who can bring flowers and candles and write messages after the Solingen attack that kills three people in Solingen, Germany, on August 26, 2024. (Photo by Ying Tang/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

A memorial is set near the site of an attack that killed three people in Solingen, Germany, on August 26, 2024. (Ying Tang/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Commentary

Growing Islamism in Europe Negatively Affects US Interests

Matthew Boyse

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Matthew Boyse

Sep 17, 2024

Commentary

13 Min Read

A Defender participating in the 2023 Defender Flag, patrols the area at Fort Bliss, Oct. 23, 2023. (DVIDS)

A Defender patrols the area at Fort Bliss on October 23, 2023. (DVIDS)

Podcast

America’s Role in Geopolitics

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Sep 17, 2024

Podcast

The main gun of Chinese guided-missile destroyer Nanchang attacks target during a China-Russia military drill on October 15, 2021, in Russia. (Sun Zifa/China News Service via Getty Images)

The main gun of Chinese guided-missile destroyer Nanchang attacks a target during a China-Russia military drill on October 15, 2021, in Russian waters. (Sun Zifa/China News Service via Getty Images)

Commentary

US Shrugs as World War III Approaches

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Sep 16, 2024

Commentary

1 Min Read

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In the Media

Deep Dive | September 16

Jonathan Hessen

Former Nonresident Senior Fellow

Marshall Billingslea

Senior Fellow

Joel Rayburn

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

Jonathan Hessen, Marshall Billingslea & Joel Rayburn

Sep 16, 2024

In the Media

Armed Taliban security personnel sit atop a humvee armored vehicle, as they ride along a street in Khash district, Badakhshan province on September 1, 2024. (Photo by OMER ABRAR / AFP) (Photo by OMER ABRAR/AFP via Getty Images)

Armed Taliban security personnel sit atop an armored vehicle as they ride along a street in Khash district, Badakhshan province, on September 1, 2024. (Omer Abrar/AFP via Getty Images)

Podcast

Is ISIS a Useful Tool for the Taliban and Their Al Qaeda Partner?

Husain Haqqani

Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia

Husain Haqqani

Sep 16, 2024

Podcast

(Screenshot via YouTube)

In the Media

Is the Arab World Unified?

Zineb Riboua

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

Jonathan Hessen

Former Nonresident Senior Fellow

Zineb Riboua & Jonathan Hessen

Sep 12, 2024

In the Media

Podcast

AoD Podcast | Clear Strategies Pairing Innovation and Deterrence Can Win a Cold War with China (feat. Dr. Megan Reiss)

Marshall Kosloff

Former Media Fellow

Marshall Kosloff

Sep 11, 2024

Podcast

Ukrainian emergency service workers extinguish a fire after a Russian bombing in the town of Kostiantynivka, Ukraine, on September 4, 2024. (Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Commentary

Ukraine Military Situation Report | September 11