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Podcast

Bondi Beach and the Nihilism of Palestinian Strategy

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Podcast

Dec 19, 2025

Podcast

US Air Force F-35A Lightning IIs and Israeli Air Force F-35I Adirs fly in formation during exercise Enduring Lightning III over Israel, Oct. 12, 2020. (US Air Force)

Commentary

Tucker Carlson Claims Israel Is a Burden on the US. It Reveals Profound Strategic Ignorance

Michael Doran

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

Michael Doran

Commentary

Dec 18, 2025

Commentary

7 Min Read

A US Navy Global Autonomous Reconnaissance Craft maneuvers in the Atlantic Ocean on September 23, 2025. (US Navy)

Reports

Adapting to Win

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Dan Patt

Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark & Dan Patt

Reports

Dec 17, 2025

Reports

Long Read

A woman works on a printed circuit board at an electronics factory in Anhui, China, on Friday, October 31, 2025. (Getty Images)

Commentary

Our Freedom or Their Tyranny

Shyam Sankar

Trustee

Shyam Sankar

Commentary

Dec 17, 2025

Commentary

6 Min Read

The Free Press: China’s Stealth War Has Already Begun By Nikki R. Haley and John P. Walters December 16, 2025

Chinese People's Liberation Army honour guard members march during a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People on November 12, 2025, in Beijing, China. (Getty Images)

Commentary

China’s Stealth War Has Already Begun

Nikki R. Haley

Walter P. Stern Chair

John P. Walters

President and CEO

Nikki R. Haley & John P. Walters

Commentary

Dec 16, 2025

Commentary

5 Min Read

(Screenshot via CSPAN)

In the Media

The Trump Administration and Republican Energy Policies

Brigham A. McCown

Senior Fellow and Director, Initiative on American Energy Security

Brigham A. McCown

In the Media

Dec 16, 2025

In the Media

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn at the White House on December 13, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump is set to travel to Baltimore, Maryland, where he is expected to attend the annual Army-Navy collegiate football game. (Photo by Tom Brenner/Getty Images)

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn at the White House on December 13, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)

Commentary

What Trump’s National Security Strategy Gets Right

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Commentary

Dec 15, 2025

Commentary

9 Min Read

(Screenshot via YouTube)

In the Media

Can Palantir Save the American Navy?

Mike Gallagher

Distinguished Fellow

Mike Gallagher

In the Media

Dec 15, 2025

In the Media

The Killing of Jane McCrea (Wikimedia Commons)

Commentary

“The Killing of Jane McCrea” Review: The Horrors of Wartime

Melanie Kirkpatrick

Senior Fellow

Melanie Kirkpatrick

Commentary

Dec 14, 2025

Commentary

1 Min Read

Chinese President Xi Jinping Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi attend a meeting with President Donald Trump at Gimhae Air Base on October 30, 2025, in Busan, South Korea. (Getty Images)

Commentary

A Dangerous Détente with China

Michael Sobolik

Senior Fellow

Michael Sobolik

Commentary

Dec 14, 2025

Commentary

6 Min Read

(Screenshot via Fox News)

In the Media

President Donald Trump Vows Retaliation after ISIS Attack in Syria

Mike Gallagher

Distinguished Fellow

Mike Gallagher

In the Media

Dec 14, 2025

In the Media

Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi during a session of the House of Councillors Budget Committee in the National Diet in Tokyo on December 15, 2025. (Getty Images)

Commentary

As Europe Steps Back, Asia Steps Up