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President Donald Trump holds up a copy of a 2025 National Trade Estimate Report as he speaks at an event at the White House on April 2, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
Defense Strategy
Defense Strategy
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The aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush transits the Strait of Hormuz, June 14, 2014. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Scott Barnes)
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A soldier from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force carries an 84mm Carl Gustav rocket launcher during Exercise Iron Fist 2014, a joint-exercise with US Marines and sailors at Camp Pendleton on February 9, 2014. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images)
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Israeli soldiers in front of the separation-barrier during clashes with Palestinian stone throwers, at the Israeli Qalandiya checkpoint, August 13, 2014. (ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/Getty Images)
Commentary
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Israeli Merkava tanks drive near the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip on August 5, 2014. (THOMAS COEX/AFP/Getty Images)
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A Palestinian man looks out over destruction in part of Gaza City's al-Tufah neighbourhood as the fragile ceasefire in the Gaza Strip entered a second day on August 6, 2014. (MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images)
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Pakistani soldiers patrol through a destroyed bazaar during a military operation against Taliban militants in Miranshah, North Waziristan, July 9, 2014. (AAMIR QURESHI/AFP/Getty Images)
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Smoke from rockets fired from Gaza City are seen after being launched toward Israel, on July 15, 2014.(THOMAS COEX/AFP/Getty Images)
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Three electronic warfare aircrafts, EA-6B 'Prowler', are parked on the flight deck of US aircraft carrier USS George Washington, December 10, 2010. (TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP/Getty Images)
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Two T-50 aircrafts over Seoul Air Base on September 27, 2013. (KIM DOO-HO/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
