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HAMBURG, NY - DECEMBER 24: Plows work to clear ice and snow along the Lake Erie shoreline on December 24, 2022 in Hamburg, New York. The Buffalo suburb and surrounding area was hit hard by the winter storm Elliott with wind gusts over 70 miles per hour battering homes and businesses through out the holiday weekend. (Photo by John Normile/Getty Images)

Plows work to clear ice and snow along the Lake Erie shoreline on December 24, 2022, in Hamburg, New York. (John Normile/Getty Images)

Commentary

Counter Extreme Weather with Sound Energy Policy

Brigham A. McCown

Senior Fellow and Director, Initiative on American Energy Security

Brigham A. McCown

Dec 23, 2022

Commentary

4 Min Read

A CV-22 Osprey from the 71st Special Operations Squadron takes off after landing on a designated landing zone in Albuquerque, New Mexico, December 29, 2022. The 71st SOS regularly conducts training flights as part of their mission to train warriors, professionalize Airmen, and employ airpower. (U.S. Air Force photo by A1C Ruben Garibay)

A CV-22 Osprey takes off in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on December 29, 2022. (US Air Force photo by Ruben Garibay)

Commentary

The Defense Budget in Perspective

Cases of TNT and gunpowder shipped from the United States under Lend-Lease are stacked in a tunnel in western England dug out of solid rock 100 feet underground. (HUM Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Commentary

By Arming Ukraine We Arm Ourselves

Arthur Herman

Former Senior Fellow

Arthur Herman

Dec 22, 2022

Commentary

4 Min Read

The TikTok logo is displayed at a TikTok office on December 20, 2022, in Culver City, California. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Commentary

Twitter and TikTok: A Study in Convergence

Arthur Herman

Former Senior Fellow

Arthur Herman

Dec 21, 2022

Commentary

4 Min Read

WILMINGTON, CA - SEPTEMBER 21: An active oil refinery on September 21, 2022 in Wilmington, California. Gas prices have increased for the first time in almost 100 days. (Photo by Allison Dinner/Getty Images)

An oil refinery in Wilmington, California, on September 21, 2022. (Allison Dinner/Getty Images)

Commentary

To Help European Allies, US Must Make Serious Energy Regulatory Reforms Now

Brigham A. McCown

Senior Fellow and Director, Initiative on American Energy Security

Brigham A. McCown

Dec 21, 2022

Commentary

4 Min Read

Ray Donovan, Chief of Operations of the Drug Enforcement Administration, stands in front of "The Faces of Fentanyl" wall, which displays photos of Americans who died of a fentanyl overdose, at the DEA headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, on July 13, 2022. (Agnes Bun/AFP via Getty Images)

Reports

Fentanyl Is a Public Health and National Security Threat

John P. Walters

President and CEO

David W. Murray

Senior Fellow

John P. Walters & David W. Murray

Dec 19, 2022

Reports

4 Min Read

The Western Wall, part of the retaining wall which enclosed the Second Temple, built by Herod the Great in 19 BCE, destroyed by the Romans. It is 20 m high above the ground with 25 layers of stones. The larger stones are in the lower layers. Another 12 m are buried under the ground. Four fasting days are related to the destruction of Jerusalem and the two Temples: 3 Tishri, 10 Tevet, 17 Tamuz, 9 Av

The Western Wall in Jerusalem. (Stock Photo)

Commentary

The More Hanukkah Changes...

Jonathan Schachter

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

Jonathan Schachter

Dec 19, 2022

Commentary

4 Min Read

(Screenshot via Newsmax)

In the Media

Weaponized Fentanyl and TikTok Progaganda

Michael Pillsbury

Former Senior Fellow and Director for Chinese Strategy

Michael Pillsbury

Dec 15, 2022

In the Media

The Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship USS Pioneer observes a controlled mine detonation while conducting a joint exercise with the Royal Thai Navy in the Gulf of Thailand on June 7, 2019. (US Navy Photo by Corbin Shea)

Commentary

DoD Needs More “Kaboom” for the Buck