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US sailors conduct routine maintenance on a jet blast deflector on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz on July 9, 2025. (US Navy)
Politics and Government
Politics and Government
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Syrian Opposition Coalition President Ahmad Jarba speaks during a press conference during the 'Friends of Syria' meeting on May 15, 2014 in London, England. (Matt Dunham - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
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U.S. President Barack Obama gives the commencement address at the graduation ceremony at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on May 28, 2014 in West Point, New York. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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US space shuttle Discovery heads for space at Kennedy Space Center as it and its seven person crew begin a mission to the International Space Station, April 5, 2010. AFP PHOTO Bruce WEAVER (BRUCE WEAVER/AFP/Getty Images)
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Pro-Palestinian demonstrators protest Israel's military offensive against Palestine and Lebanon July 13, 2006 in San Francisco. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a news conference on October 31, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. (Adam Berry/Getty Images)
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel tours the Forbidden City in Beijing, China, April 9, 2014. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (C) is flanked by Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers and ASEAN Secretary General Le Luong Minh, August 29, 2013, Beijing, China (Adrian Bradshaw-Pool/Getty Images)
Experts
H.R. McMaster
Chair of the Advisory Board, Japan Chair
Walter Russell Mead
Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship
