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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.

Alexander Hamilton

Commentary

End the Jones Act? Ask Alexander Hamilton

Timothy A. Walton

Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Timothy A. Walton & Bryan Clark

Jul 4, 2020

Commentary

4 Min Read

Commentary

Cutting Coast Guard Funds Threatens Our Security, at Home and in the Pacific

Seth Cropsey

President, Yorktown Institute

Seth Cropsey

Jul 2, 2020

Commentary

5 Min Read

Seabee divers perform maintenance on undersea cables at the Pacific Missile Range Facility Barking Sands, Hawaii. Much of the globe's military and civilian electronic messages flow through undersea cables.

Commentary

Protecting Undersea Cables Must Be Made a National Security Priority

Nadia Schadlow

Senior Fellow

Nadia Schadlow

Jul 1, 2020

Commentary

4 Min Read

Commentary

It's Time To Rethink Japan's Missile Defenses

Timothy A. Walton

Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Timothy A. Walton & Bryan Clark

Jun 26, 2020

Commentary

4 Min Read

Mourners carry the coffins of slain Iraqi paramilitary chief Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani and eight others during a funeral procession in Iraq on January 4, 2020. (Photo by MOHAMMED SAWAF/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Qassem Soleimani’s Fall and the Battle Inside Iraq to Come

Ranj Alaaldin

Visiting Fellow, Brookings Doha Center, Director of the Proxy Wars Initiative, Carnegie Corporation

Ranj Alaaldin

Jun 25, 2020

Commentary

Long Read

Commentary

Western Pacific Problems: Why We Must Preserve America's Bombers

Andrew F. Krepinevich Jr.

Senior Fellow

Andrew F. Krepinevich Jr.

Jun 19, 2020

Commentary

5 Min Read

A US Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone sits at Kandahar Air base in Afghanistan on January 23, 2018.

Commentary

America’s Dangerous Game of Drones

Arthur Herman

Former Senior Fellow

Arthur Herman

Jun 19, 2020

Commentary

4 Min Read

A 2016 test of the Integrated Fire Protection Capability at White Sands Missile Range, N.M.

Commentary

The Pentagon Must Not Falter in Its Drive To Network Its Weapons and Sensors

Seth Cropsey

President, Yorktown Institute

Seth Cropsey

Jun 19, 2020

Commentary

5 Min Read

Commentary

2019 Annual Report

Hudson Institute

Jun 18, 2020

Commentary

4 Min Read

Commentary

Prioritizing Security Over Speed in the New Space Race

Richard Weitz

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis

Richard Weitz

Jun 18, 2020

Commentary

3 Min Read

Commentary

Can We Keep Our 'Grey Zone' Edge Over Our Enemies?

Seth Cropsey

President, Yorktown Institute

Seth Cropsey

Jun 16, 2020

Commentary

6 Min Read

Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends ''Vision 2023 Turkeys National Education Ministry'' meeting at Bestepe National Congress and Culture Center on October 23, 2018. ( Murat Kula/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Commentary

How Islamists are Ruining Islam