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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.

Commentary

Terror and a Generation of Nihilists: A Conversation with Olivier Roy

Lee Smith

Former Senior Fellow

Lee Smith

Oct 19, 2016

Commentary

5 Min Read

In the Media

On the Mosul Offensive

Michael Pregent

Senior Fellow

Michael Pregent

Oct 19, 2016

In the Media

An Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighter fires at Islamic-State (IS) militant positions, from his position on the top of Mount Zardak, about 25 kilometers east of Mosul on September 9, 2014. (JM LOPEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

Reports

West Iraq: The Search for Leaders and Leverage

Michael Pregent

Senior Fellow

Kevin Truitte

Research Assistant

Michael Pregent & Kevin Truitte

Reports

4 Min Read

Sailors walk past the US Navy's new guided missile destroyer DDG 1000 USS Zumwalt on October 13, 2016 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Commentary

USS Zumwalt, Baltimore and Freedom of the Seas

Bryan McGrath

Former Deputy Director, Center for American Seapower

Bryan McGrath

Oct 17, 2016

Commentary

4 Min Read

Commentary

Paz Esquiva en Colombia

In the Media

The Newsmakers: Back to the Cold War?

Richard Weitz

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis

Richard Weitz

Oct 12, 2016

In the Media

(L-R) Sir Winston Churchill & Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower. (George Skadding/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

Commentary

Ike vs. Obama in the Middle East

Michael Doran

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East

Michael Doran

Oct 11, 2016

Commentary

8 Min Read

(erhui1979/Getty Images)

Commentary

Kleptocracy, Inc.: How America Enables Global Corruption

Nate Sibley

Fellow and Director, Kleptocracy Initiative

Nate Sibley

Oct 10, 2016

Commentary

5 Min Read

People watch a news report on North Korea's first hydrogen bomb test at a railroad station in Seoul on January 6, 2016. (JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images)

Commentary

North Korea -- A Crisis for the Next President

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Oct 6, 2016

Commentary

8 Min Read

Commentary

Indonesia Stands Up to China

Harry Zieve Cohen

Former Research Associate to Walter Russell Mead

Harry Zieve Cohen

Oct 6, 2016

Commentary

2 Min Read

In the Media

Pakistan-India Tensions

Aparna Pande

Research Fellow, India and South Asia

Aparna Pande

Oct 6, 2016

In the Media

US President Barack Obama answers a question on Syria during a joint press conference with Swedish Prime Minister in Stockholm on September 4, 2013. (JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)

Commentary

Barack Obama's Options