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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.

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Testimony

Arms Control, International Security, and US Assistance to Europe: Review and Reforms for the State Department

Daniel Kochis

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Daniel Kochis

Mar 11, 2025

Testimony

Long Read

Russia's President Vladimir Putin meets with Yevgeny Balitsky in Moscow on November 18, 2024. (Vyacheslav Prokofyev/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

A New Deal with Moscow?

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Mar 10, 2025

Commentary

1 Min Read

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In the Media

Deep Dive | March 10

Michael Doran

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

Ezra Cohen

Adjunct Fellow

Marshall Billingslea

Senior Fellow

Jonathan Hessen

Former Nonresident Senior Fellow

Michael Doran, Ezra Cohen, Marshall Billingslea & Jonathan Hessen

Mar 10, 2025

In the Media

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C. on February 4, 2025. (Photo by Bryan Dozier / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by BRYAN DOZIER/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 4, 2025. (Bryan Dozier/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

How Trump Channels Reagan in the Mideast

Michael Doran

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

Michael Doran

Mar 9, 2025

Commentary

1 Min Read

US President Donald Trump (R) and Russia's President Vladimir Putin talk as they make their way to take the "family photo" during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders' summit in the central Vietnamese city of Danang on November 11, 2017. World leaders and senior business figures are gathering in the Vietnamese city of Danang this week for the annual 21-member APEC summit. (Photo by JORGE SILVA / POOL / AFP) (Photo by JORGE SILVA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin talk the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders' summit in the central Vietnamese city of Danang on November 11, 2017. (Jorge Silva/AFP via Getty Images)

In the Media

President Trump’s Diplomatic Plan for Russia

Thomas J. Duesterberg

Senior Fellow

Thomas J. Duesterberg

Mar 9, 2025

In the Media

Cockpit of the Royal Canadian Air Force military plane on April 10, 2024, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. (Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Commentary

The Case for a US-Canada Superstate

Arthur Herman

Former Senior Fellow

Arthur Herman

Mar 8, 2025

Commentary

5 Min Read

Rebeccah Heinrichs on CNN with Jake Tapper

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In the Media

How China Is Pulling Europe Away from the US

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Mar 8, 2025

In the Media

100 US dollar notes and 100 Yuan notes are displayed. (Sheldon Cooper/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Dollar and yuan notes. (Getty Images)

Commentary

US-China: Competing in the Age of MAGA and China Dream

Thomas J. Duesterberg

Senior Fellow

Thomas J. Duesterberg

Mar 7, 2025

Commentary

9 Min Read

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators during an "International Day of Action for Palestine". (Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Commentary

As Top Podcasters Host Rank Antisemites, Jews Need to Stand Up to the Bullies across the Spectrum

Liel Leibovitz

Senior Fellow

Liel Leibovitz

Mar 7, 2025

Commentary

4 Min Read

93rd Brigade training with an International M1224 MaxxPro Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected infantry transport vehicle and two Soviet BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on February 27, 2025. (Jose Colon/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Commentary

Ukraine Military Situation Report | Special Edition: Three Scenarios for the War in Ukraine

Can Kasapoğlu

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Can Kasapoğlu

Mar 5, 2025

Commentary

8 Min Read

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers a speech on defence and security spending during a press conference at the Downing Street Briefing Room in central London on February 25, 2025. (Leon Neal/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

The Chagos Deal Is a Threat to National Security

William Schneider

Senior Fellow

William Schneider

Mar 5, 2025

Commentary

5 Min Read

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (L) attend a welcoming ceremony prior to their talks at the Ak Orda Presidential Palace, November 27, 2024, in Astana, Kazakhstan. Putin is meeting with Kazakh counterpart Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in the capital, a day before he is expected to attend the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) summit in Astana. (Photo by Contributor/Getty Images)

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev attend a welcoming ceremony prior to their talks at the Ak Orda Presidential Palace, on November 27, 2024, in Astana, Kazakhstan. (Getty Images)

Reports

Sino-Russian Interactions Regarding Kazakhstan