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A US infantryman releases a Neros Archer small unmanned aircraft system for a test flight at Fort Irwin in California on October 25, 2025. (US Army)
North America
North America
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A view at the beginning point of the Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) on May 9, 2025, at Pump Station 1 in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. (Lance King via Getty Images)
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Elon Musk is photographed at Space X in Brownsville, Texas, on May 27, 2025. (Marvin Joseph via Getty Images)
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US Marines embark on the amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington from a CH-53K helicopter on September 25, 2025. (US Navy)
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President Donald Trump greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on September 29, 2025. (Getty Images)
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A US Air Force F-35A Lightning II flies over the Pacific Ocean near Misawa Air Base in Japan on September 26, 2025. (US Air Force)
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Excavators and transport vehicles work at Dexing Copper Mine on August 16, 2024, in Shangrao, China. (Getty Images)
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China’s liquid-fueled intercontinental strategic nuclear missiles DongFeng-5C pass through Tiananmen Square during a military parade on September 3, 2025 in Beijing. (Getty Images)
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(School of War)
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President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the United Nations General Assembly on September 23, 2025. (Getty Images)
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The TikTok logo displays on a phone with the US flag on a laptop screen in Krakow, Poland, on January 20, 2025. (Getty Images)
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EA-18G Growlers simultaneously fire two AGM-88 High Speed Anti-Radiation Missiles during a training exercise near Guam. (US Navy)
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(Screenshot via YouTube)
Experts
William P. Barr
Distinguished Fellow
Elaine L. Chao
Distinguished Fellow
Erin O’Toole
Distinguished Fellow
