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A container ship is seen docked at the Port of Los Angeles on March 13, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Getty Images)

In the Media

Trump’s Jones Act Waiver Undermines His Own Maritime Agenda

Michael Roberts

Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Michael Roberts

In the Media

Mar 28, 2026

In the Media

Unmanned surface vessels supported by Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) prepare for a NATO exercise offshore from the Portuguese Navy Operational Experimentation Center in Troia, Portugal, during the 2025 Robotic Experimentation and Prototyping with Maritime Unmanned Systems exercise, known as REPMUS, on Sept. 24. (U.S. Navy photo by Eric Parsons)

Unmanned surface vessels supported by Naval Surface Warfare Center at the Portuguese Navy Operational Experimentation Center in Troia, Portugal on September 24, 2025 (US Navy)

Podcast

Maritime Lessons Learned from Operation Epic Fury

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark

Podcast

Mar 27, 2026

Podcast

(Screenshot via CBS)

In the Media

Trump’s Rhetoric on Iran war

H.R. McMaster

Chair of the Advisory Board, Japan Chair

H.R. McMaster

In the Media

Mar 26, 2026

In the Media

An A-10 Thunderbolt II assigned to the 66th Weapons Squadron, out of Nellis Air Force Base, deploys defensive flares during an evasive maneuver over a training range while escorting a C-130H assigned to the 152nd Airlift Wing, Nevada Air National Guard, Nevada, Feb. 26, 2026. The Flares are used to counter heat-seeking threats by diverting incoming missiles away from the aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Albert Valladares)

An A-10 Thunderbolt II deploys defensive flares during an evasive maneuver over a training range in Nevada on February 26, 2026. (US Air Force)

Commentary

The 2025 NSS: Keep Calm and Bolster Deterrence

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Commentary

Mar 25, 2026

Commentary

9 Min Read

Caption China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi welcomes Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov and Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazeem Gharibabadi at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on March 14, 2025. (Getty Images)

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi welcomes Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov and Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazeem Gharibabadi at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on March 14, 2025. (Getty Images)

In the Media

The Iran-China Relationship

Michael Sobolik

Senior Fellow

Michael Sobolik

In the Media

Mar 25, 2026

In the Media

Members of the Chinese Military delegation before the closing session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People on March 12, 2026, in Beijing, China. (Getty Images)

Members of the Chinese Military delegation before the closing session of the National People's Congress on March 12, 2026, in Beijing, China. (Getty Images)

Commentary

How Trump’s War on Iran Will Affect China’s Taiwan Calculations

John Lee

Senior Fellow

John Lee

Commentary

Mar 24, 2026

Commentary

4 Min Read

A billboard depicting Iran’s late supreme leader standing behind an Iranian soldier with a caption in Arabic reading "a martyr leads the battlefield" in western Baghdad on March 18, 2026. (Getty Images)

Commentary

Hawks and Doves Got Iran Wrong

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Commentary

Mar 24, 2026

Commentary

1 Min Read

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Podcast

Xi Jinping Purges Top Weapons Scientists, Western Intellectuals as China’s Proxies, Militant ROK Labor Union Affects Geopolitics

Miles Yu

Senior Fellow and Director, China Center

Colin Tessier-Kay

Research Fellow and Program Manager, China Center

Miles Yu & Colin Tessier-Kay

Podcast

Mar 24, 2026

Podcast

(Screenshot via CNN)

In the Media

Ground Troops to Kharg Island?

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

In the Media

Mar 24, 2026

In the Media

Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) sails in support of Operation Epic Fury, March 3, 2026. (US Navy)

In the Media

The UK Says the US Can Use Its Bases for Operations in the Strait of Hormuz

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark

In the Media

Mar 24, 2026

In the Media

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Futuristic central processing unit on the abstract motherboard with blue lights and rays as a symbol of data transfers. (Getty Stock Photo)

Commentary

Quantum Computing Is Today’s Manhattan Project

Tom Tugendhat

Distinguished Fellow

Tom Tugendhat

Commentary

Mar 23, 2026

Commentary

4 Min Read

Arthur Liu at a rally celebrating his daughter Alysa Liu's Olympic gold medal at the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics on March 12, 2026, in Oakland, California. (Getty Images)

Commentary

Alysa Liu’s Gold Medal? Thrilling. Her Father’s Backstory? Astonishing.