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Two F-35B combat aircraft from the United States Marine Corp depart after re-fueling from an RAF Voyager aircraft over the North Sea on October 08, 2020 in flight, above Scotland.

Global Autonomous Reconnaissance Craft and Lightfish USVs deploy in formation during a live robotic and autonomous systems demonstration during Exercise Obangame Express 2026 in Douala, Cameroon, on April 25, 2026. (US Navy)

Reports

Righting the Ship: Building a Relevant US Navy Fleet for Twenty-First-Century Deterrence and Combat

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

David Byrd

Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Dan Patt

Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark, David Byrd & Dan Patt

Reports

Nov 3, 2026

Reports

11 Min Read

(China Insider logo)

Podcast

The CCP’s Fifth Plenum, Kylian Mbappé Punished for Laughing at a Meme of Himself, and 2026 Elections in America, Serbia, Hungary, and Elsewhere

Miles Yu

Senior Fellow and Director, China Center

Miles Yu

Podcast

Nov 3, 2026

Podcast

Finland’s President Alexander Stubb addresses journalists following a telephone call between himself and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Finland, on October 27, 2026. (Getty Images)

Commentary

Putin Is “Ready for War”: Is Europe Ready?

Tsiporah Fried

Visiting Senior Fellow

Tsiporah Fried

Commentary

Nov 2, 2026

Commentary

11 Min Read

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Adrian Estrada, a combat videographer with Marine Corps Installations West, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, takes notes during a voting assistance officer workshop at MCB Camp Pendleton, Calif., May 14, 2026. The workshop, held by the Federal Voting Assistance Program, aims to train and prepare voting assistance officers to help U.S. citizens and military members cast their absentee ballots in U.S. elections. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Dillon Buck) Read less

A member of the Marine Corps takes notes during a voting assistance workshop at MCB Camp Pendleton in California, on May 14, 2026. (US Marine Corp)

Commentary

Service Members Voting Strengthens the Republic

Jeremy Hunt

Fellow

Jeremy Hunt

Commentary

Nov 1, 2026

Commentary

4 Min Read

U.S. Navy MH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters are supporting Project Freedom in and near the Strait of Hormuz. Sea Hawk and U.S. Army AH-64 Apache helicopters were used to eliminate Iranian small boats threatening commercial shipping. (U.S. Navy Photo) Read less

A US Navy MH-60 Sea Hawk helicopter supports Project Freedom. (US Navy)

Podcast

Defense Priorities, Tensions in Europe, and Shifting Indo-Pacific Security

Patrick M. Cronin

Asia-Pacific Security Chair

Patrick M. Cronin

Podcast

Oct 30, 2026

Podcast

Export oil pipelines at an oil facility on Khark Island, on the shore of the Persian Gulf, on February 23, 2016. (Getty Images)

Commentary

Energy Security Is Built Before the Crisis

Brigham A. McCown

Senior Fellow and Director, Initiative on American Energy Security

Brigham A. McCown

Commentary

Oct 29, 2026

Commentary

5 Min Read

(Screenshot via The Sun)

In the Media

Finland Secretly Gave Ukraine Rare ItO 90M Launchers

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Luke Coffey

In the Media

Oct 29, 2026

In the Media

Japan's Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (L) and Australia's Defence Minister Richard Marles review honour guards during a welcome ceremony at the Ministry of Defense in Tokyo on December 7, 2025. (Photo by David Mareuil / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

Japan’s Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and Australia’s Defence Minister Richard Marles review honor guards during a welcome ceremony at the Ministry of Defense in Tokyo on December 7, 2025. (Getty Images)

Reports

Australia and Japan: Formalizing an Informal Alliance

James J. Przystup

Senior Fellow, Japan Chair

James J. Przystup

Reports

Oct 28, 2026

Reports

Long Read

Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Colorado arrives at HMAS Stirling in Western Australia on October 27, 2026, for a planned submarine maintenance period supporting AUKUS, (US Navy)

Commentary

US Pivot to Autonomous Drones Offers Lifeline for Australia’s AUKUS Submarine Deal

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark

Commentary

Oct 28, 2026

Commentary

7 Min Read

SUMY REGION, UKRAINE - AUGUST 28: Ukrainian soldiers of the 47th Separate Mechanized Brigade, operating under the call signs "Hrek" and "Mahura", inspect forward infantry positions near the border with Russia on August 28, 2026 in Sumy Region, Ukraine. The two officers arrived at the frontline on quad bikes to evaluate the defensive lines and meet with infantrymen who had held their ground for 59 days before escorting them to an evacuation point. (Photo by Kostiantyn Liberov/Libkos/Getty Images)

Ukrainian soldiers inspect forward infantry positions near the border with Russia on August 28, 2026, in Oblast Region, Ukraine. (Getty Images)

Commentary

Ukraine Military Situation Report | October 28

Can Kasapoğlu

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Can Kasapoğlu

Commentary

Oct 28, 2026

Commentary

5 Min Read

A fighter loyal to Yemen's internationally-recognised government fires a turret from the back of a pickup truck at a position along the frontlines against the Houthis around Mount al-Midan in Yemen's western Taiz province on October 26, 2026. The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis has launched hundreds of raids in Yemen backing the internationally recognised government since the start of the renewed fighting in the long-running civil war. The conflict, dormant for years, erupted again in July and inte

A fighter loyal to Yemen’s internationally recognized government fires a turret from the back of a pickup truck around Mount al-Midan in Yemen’s western Taiz province on October 26, 2026. (Getty Images)

Reports

Iran’s Maritime Threat and the Conflict in Yemen