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Lighting the Path Ahead Scenario-Based Planning in the Tripolar Nuclear Age Andrew F. Krepinevich, Jr.

An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III ICBM launches during an operation test on February 23, 2021, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (US Space Force)

Reports

Lighting the Path Ahead: Scenario-Based Planning in the Tripolar Nuclear Age

Andrew F. Krepinevich Jr.

Senior Fellow

Andrew F. Krepinevich Jr.

Reports

Jan 8, 2026

Reports

Long Read

Two Iran-made ballistic missiles are displayed at Azadi Square during a rally commemorating the 46th anniversary of the victory of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution in western Tehran, Iran, on February 10, 2025. The Iranian Islamic Revolution, which leads to the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1979, replaces the Imperial State of Iran with the present-day Islamic Republic of Iran. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Two Iran-made ballistic missiles are displayed at Azadi Square in Tehran, Iran, on February 10, 2025. (Getty Images)

Commentary

Tehran Reloads: Examining the Current and Future Threat of Iran’s Missile Programs | MENA Defense Intelligence Digest

Can Kasapoğlu

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Can Kasapoğlu

Commentary

Jan 6, 2026

Commentary

8 Min Read

Senate Committee on Foreign Relations: Arms Race 2.0 By Marshall Billingslea

(Screenshot via the US Senate)

Testimony

Arms Race 2.0

Marshall Billingslea

Senior Fellow

Marshall Billingslea

Testimony

Dec 10, 2025

Testimony

9 Min Read

Seahawk, a medium uncrewed surface vessel prototype, departs Naval Base Point Loma, California, on August 6, 2025. (US Navy)

Commentary

One Size Doesn’t Fit All: Building US Navy Hedges Against Rising Threats

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark

Commentary

Dec 8, 2025

Commentary

11 Min Read

Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia (L) and U.S. President Donald Trump watch a military flyover as bin Salman arrives at the White House on November 18, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump is hosting the crown prince for meetings aimed at strengthening economic and defense ties, including the U.S. sale of F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia and President Donald Trump at the White House on November 18, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)

Reports

The Saudi F-35 Gambit: A High-End Arms Sale Meets Middle Eastern Geopolitics

Can Kasapoğlu

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Can Kasapoğlu

Reports

Nov 21, 2025

Reports

8 Min Read

(Screenshot via YouTube)

In the Media

Delivering Space Capabilities for Warfighting Advantage

Timothy A. Walton

Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Timothy A. Walton

In the Media

Nov 20, 2025

In the Media

The 52nd Security Forces Squadron, counter small unmanned aircraft system (C-sUAS) program is monitoring the skies for adversary drones during Astral Knight 24 at Powidz Air Base, Poland, May 13, 2024. The Rapidly Deployable Small Uncrewed Aircraft Defense System (RD-SUADS) is part of the integrated air and missile defense incorporating defensive measures to prevent the adversary from effectively employing any type of drone for espionage or offensive. (U.S. Photo by Staff Sgt. Gaspar Cortez)

A counter small unmanned aircraft system program monitors the skies for adversary drones during Astral Knight 24 at Powidz Air Base in Poland on May 13, 2024. (US Air Force)

Commentary

How NATO Can Build Europe’s Drone Wall

Can Kasapoğlu

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Peter Rough

Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Can Kasapoğlu & Peter Rough

Commentary

Nov 17, 2025

Commentary

6 Min Read

: A serviceman of the 34th Coastal Defense Brigade with the call sign ‘Shok’ holds the GOR drone, a Ukrainian reconnaissance aircraft that servicemen use to detect Russian enemy positions, at the launch point on March 14, 2025 in Kherson Oblast, Ukraine. The 34th Coastal Defense Brigade was recently formed based on the 124th Territorial Defense Brigade, which has been fighting for Kherson since the first days of the Russian full-scale invasion 2022. Over the past three years, the brigade’s units have also f

A Ukrainian serviceman holds the GOR drone on March 14, 2025, in Kherson Oblast, Ukraine. (Getty Images)

Reports

The Impact of Drones on the Battlefield: Lessons of the Russia-Ukraine War from a French Perspective

Tsiporah Fried

Visiting Senior Fellow

Tsiporah Fried

Reports

Nov 13, 2025

Reports

Long Read

The Russian military unveils the submarine Khabarovsk at Sevmash JSC Shipyard in Severodvinsk, Russia, on November 1, 2025. (Getty Images)

Podcast

Russian Super Weapons and What Comes Next for the US

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark

Podcast

Nov 4, 2025

Podcast

The fireball and plume from the Operation Plumbbob shot Priscilla atomic explosion are seen at Camp Mercury in Yucca Flats, Nevada, on June 24, 1957. (Getty Images)

Commentary

New START and Trump’s Nuclear Test