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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.

An F-35 Lightning II test pilot conducts flight test Sept. 10 to certify the carrier variant of the fighter aircraft for carrying the AGM-158C Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM).

An F-35 Lightning II test pilot conducts flight test on September 10. (DVIDS)

Commentary

The Pentagon Must Build Weapons Differently to Mobilize for the Information Age

Dan Patt

Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Dan Patt & Bryan Clark

Dec 11, 2024

Commentary

5 Min Read

Turkish soldiers on a tank sit opposite the town of Ain al-Arab, Syria, on October 11, 2014. (Aris Messinis via Getty Images)

Commentary

Assad’s Collapse Is a Blow to Russia’s Middle East Strategy

Zineb Riboua

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

Zineb Riboua

Dec 11, 2024

Commentary

6 Min Read

A worker is producing semiconductor products for export to Europe and the United States at a production line in Binzhou, China, on April 1, 2024. (CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images)

An employee holds a silicon wafer with chips etched into it at Applied Materials in Sunnyvale, California, on May 22, 2023. (Jim Wilson/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Reindustrialization: A Strategy for American Sovereignty and Security

Nadia Schadlow

Senior Fellow

Nadia Schadlow

Dec 11, 2024

Commentary

13 Min Read

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In the Media

Mystery Drone in New Jersey

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Dec 11, 2024

In the Media

Israeli soldiers receive a briefing near the border with the Gaza Strip on December 5, 2024, in Southern Israel. (Amir Levy via Getty Images)

Podcast

School of War Goes to Israel—Lessons from a Savage Year

Aaron MacLean

Former Senior Fellow

Aaron MacLean

Dec 10, 2024

Podcast

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Commentary

Re: Building Defense | Competing with China from Supply Chains to Kill Chains

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Commentary

Punish the Perpetrator, Not the Victim: How to Deal with Chinese Hacking

Harold Furchtgott-Roth

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for the Economics of the Internet

Harold Furchtgott-Roth

Dec 10, 2024

Commentary

4 Min Read

A poison hazard danger sign is seen in the town of Khan Shaykun, Idlib province, Syria on April 05, 2017. On Tuesday more than 100 civilians had been killed and 500 others, mostly children, injured in Assad Regime's suspected chlorine gas attack carried out by warplanes in the town of Khan Shaykun, Idlib province. (Photo by Ogun Duru/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

A poison hazard danger sign is seen in the town of Khan Shaykun, Syria, on April 5, 2017. (Ogun Duru/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Commentary

MENA Defense Intelligence Digest | How to Secure Syria’s Weapons of Mass Destruction

Can Kasapoğlu

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Can Kasapoğlu

Dec 9, 2024

Commentary

6 Min Read

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Podcast

China Insider | TikTok, Free Speech, and Americans' Stance on US Foreign Affairs

Miles Yu

Senior Fellow and Director, China Center

Miles Yu

Dec 9, 2024

Podcast

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In the Media

Deep Dive | December 9

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

Dec 9, 2024

In the Media

Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, the leader of Syria's Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group, is welcomed by supporters at the capital's landmark Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, Syria, on December 8, 2024. (Abdulaziz Ketaz/AFP via Getty Images)

Podcast

Is al-Jolani Al Qaeda or ISIS?

Husain Haqqani

Senior Fellow

Husain Haqqani

Dec 9, 2024

Podcast

A local resident stands outside of a destroyed building following a missile attack in Odesa, Ukraine, on November 17, 2024. (Oleksandr Gimanov/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine and Its Impact on Nuclear Proliferation