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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.

Vessels are pictured anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas in southern Iran on May 4, 2026. (Getty Images)

Podcast

Project Freedom: The “Bold Move” to Reopen the Strait of Hormuz

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Podcast

May 4, 2026

Podcast

Assembly lines of M-4 Sherman tanks are seen near Detroit, Michigan, in a facility run by Chrysler in 1944. (Getty Images)

Commentary

Building the WAR MACHINE

Greg Little

Shyam Sankar

Former Trustee

Madeline Hart

Blake Seitz

Greg Little, Shyam Sankar , Madeline Hart & Blake Seitz

Commentary

May 3, 2026

Commentary

7 Min Read

(Screenshot via YouYube)

In the Media

Ex-Taiwan Lawmaker Warns of China’s “Dangerous” Strategy

Jason Hsu

Senior Fellow

Jason Hsu

In the Media

May 1, 2026

In the Media

(Screenshot via YouTube)

In the Media

How Iran Exposed the Limits of the US Navy

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark

In the Media

Apr 30, 2026

In the Media

U.S. Air Force Airmen load cargo onto a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at a base in the Middle East during Operation Epic Fury, April 18, 2026. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Travis Knauss)

US Air Force Airmen load cargo onto a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at a base in the Middle East during Operation Epic Fury on April 18, 2026. (US Air Force)

Podcast

Still Very Much Out of Ammo!

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark

Podcast

Apr 30, 2026

Podcast

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (L) meets with Crown Prince and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud (R) in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on March 11, 2025. (Photo by Ukrainian Presidency / Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets with Crown Prince and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on March 11, 2025. (Getty Images)

Commentary

Ukraine Military Situation Report | April 29

Can Kasapoğlu

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Can Kasapoğlu

Commentary

Apr 29, 2026

Commentary

4 Min Read

(Screenshot via TRT World)

In the Media

The Status and Process of the Ceasefire with Iran

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark

In the Media

Apr 29, 2026

In the Media

Representatives from more than a dozen foreign diplomatic missions and the media view damage at sites previously targeted by US-Israeli strikes, on April 20, 2026, in Tehran, Iran. (Getty Images)

Commentary

It’s Way Too Early to Declare Defeat in Iran

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Commentary

Apr 27, 2026

Commentary

2 Min Read

(Screenshot via CBC)

In the Media

The Status of Negotiations in the Middle East

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark

In the Media

Apr 25, 2026

In the Media

The “Sachsen” (R), "Bayern" (C) and "" frigates of the German Navy sail during the Andoya "Missile Firing Exercise 2025“ military exercise in the North Sea on October 13, 2025 near Harstad, Norway. Nine ships and one submarine of the German Navy are participating in the live-fire exercise, during which they will launch anti-aircraft and anti-ship missiles as well as anti-submarine torpedoes. The exercise is taking place from October 6-30 and is the biggest live-fire missile exercise of the German Navy in 30

The “Sachsen”, "Bayern", and frigates of the German Navy sail during a military exercise in the North Sea on October 13, 2025, near Harstad, Norway. (Getty Images)

Commentary

How We Turn the Northern Sea Route Into an Advantage

Liselotte Odgaard

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Liselotte Odgaard

Commentary

Apr 24, 2026

Commentary

8 Min Read

An Emirates aircraft prepares for landing as a smoke plume rises from an ongoing fire near Dubai International Airport in Dubai on March 16, 2026. Flights were gradually resuming at Dubai airport on March 16, previously the world's busiest for international flights, the airport operator said, after a "drone-related incident" sparked a fuel tank fire nearby, as Iran kept up its Gulf attacks. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images) /

An Emirates aircraft prepares for landing as a smoke plume rises from an ongoing fire near Dubai International Airport on March 16, 2026. (Getty Images)

Commentary

Private Industry Needs Anti-Drone Defenses Too

Alexander Benard

Adjunct Fellow

Alexander Benard

Commentary

Apr 24, 2026

Commentary

4 Min Read

y U.S. Central Command, U.S. forces patrol the Arabian Sea near M/V Touska on April 20, 2026, after firing upon the Iranian-flagged vessel that the U.S. accused of attempting to violate the U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports near the Strait of Hormuz. (Handout Photo by the U.S. Navy via Getty Images)

US forces patrol the Arabian Sea near M/V Touska on April 20, 2026, after firing upon the Iranian-flagged vessels near the Strait of Hormuz. (Getty Images)

Reports

The Strait of Hormuz Under Pressure: Asymmetric Naval War and Signs of Elite Fragmentation in Iran