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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.

Reports

The Mission-Ready Cloud: A Multi-Vendor Cloud Architecture for the US Defense and Intelligence Communities

William Schneider

Senior Fellow

Tod Lindberg

Senior Fellow

William Schneider & Tod Lindberg

Reports

1 Min Read

Podcast

The Realignment Ep. 40: Thomas Duesterberg Makes the Case Against Industrial Policy

Thomas J. Duesterberg

Senior Fellow

Marshall Kosloff

Media Fellow

Saagar Enjeti

Former Media Fellow

Thomas J. Duesterberg, Marshall Kosloff & Saagar Enjeti

Jul 16, 2020

Podcast

(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jacob M. Turrigiano)

Commentary

It's A Gray, Gray World

Nadia Schadlow

Senior Fellow

Nadia Schadlow

Jul 16, 2020

Commentary

6 Min Read

The Islamic organization Hizb ut-Tharir holds its Friday prayer at the Parliament Square on March 21, 2019 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The goal of Hizb ut Tharir is the implementation of the Islamic Sharia law. (Ole Jensen/Getty Images)

Commentary

Europe Frets, America Yawns: The Trans-Atlantic Gap on Domestic Islamism

Lorenzo Vidino

Director of the Program on Extremism at The George Washington University

Lorenzo Vidino

Jul 15, 2020

Commentary

Long Read

MH-60R Sea Hawks attached to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron HSM-77 (the “Saberhawks”) hover in formation between the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (foreground) and USS Nimitz while under way in the South China Sea, July 7, 2020. The Nimitz and R

Commentary

Naval Power Is the Ultimate Strategic Enabler in Our Competition with China

Seth Cropsey

President, Yorktown Institute

Harry Halem

Research Assistant

Seth Cropsey & Harry Halem

Jul 15, 2020

Commentary

7 Min Read

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (R) with Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani as the new government is presented after the Iranian Revolution. (Photo by Alain Dejean/Sygma via Getty Images)

Commentary

How the Iranian Revolution Inspired Turkish Islamism

Svante E. Cornell

Director of the American Foreign Policy Council’s Central Asia-Caucasus Institute

M. K. Kaya

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Central Asia-Caucasus Inst. & Silk Road Studies Program

Svante E. Cornell & M. K. Kaya

Jul 14, 2020

Commentary

Long Read

US Deputy Secretary of State Anthony Blinken attends a press conference about the 2016 annual report on international religious freedom at the US Department of State August 10, 2016 in Washington, DC.

Commentary

Biden’s Foreign-Policy Blast From the Past

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Jul 13, 2020

Commentary

1 Min Read

A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer assigned to the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron assigned to the 28th Bomb Wing fly a 10-hour mission from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, into Japanese airspace and over the Korean Peninsula, July 30, 2017

Commentary

To Deter War with China, Defend Guam

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Jul 11, 2020

Commentary

8 Min Read

A nuclear-powered Type 094A Jin-class ballistic missile submarine of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy during a military exercise in the South China Sea in 2018.

Commentary

The CCP’s Refusal to Join the U.S. in Arms Talks Intensifies Concerns about China’s Nukes

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Jul 8, 2020

Commentary

5 Min Read

Dr. Will Roper, Director of the Strategic Capabilities Office under the Office of the Secretary of Defense, explains U.S. military's use of the Micro UAV called Perdix at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency building on March 4, 2016, in Arlingto

Commentary

Pentagon And Congress Risk Bungling Drive To Modernize U.S. Military