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Bucket-wheel excavators mine rare earth materials on Ukrainian soil on February 25, 2025, in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine. (Kostiantyn Liberov via Getty Images)
Defense Strategy
Defense Strategy
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Iranian elite revolutionary guards march during an annual military parade in Tehran on September 22, 2011. (ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images)
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Kurdish soldiers with the Peshmerga keep guard near the frontline with Sunni militants on June 25, 2014 on the outskirts of Kirkuk, Iraq.(Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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Naval ships from multiple nations steam in formation during the RIMPAC excercise operations near Oahu, Hawaii, July 11, 2002. (Phil Mislinski/Getty Images)
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The nation’s first Littoral Combat Ship, Freedom, makes a side launch during her christening at the Marine shipyard in Marinette, Wis., Sept. 23, 2006. (Lockheed Martin)
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Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the People's Liberation Army Wang Guanzhong speaks at the 13th International Institute for Strategic Studies Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on June 1, 2014. (ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP/Getty Images)
Experts
David Byrd
Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
Bryan Clark
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
Jack David
Senior Fellow and Trustee
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
