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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.

In the Media

The Risk of Nation-State Conflict

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Nov 13, 2014

In the Media

(JOSEPH EID/AFP/Getty Images)

Commentary

Barbarism 2014: On Religious Cleansing by Islamists

Nina Shea

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Religious Freedom

Nina Shea

Nov 12, 2014

Commentary

Long Read

Russian Topol ICBMs missiles during a rehearsal for the nation's annual May 9 Victory Day parade, 50 km outside Moscow in Yushkovo, March 18, 2008. (DIMA KOROTAYEV/AFP/Getty Images)

Commentary

Russia and Its Nuclear Strategy

Kenneth R. Weinstein

Japan Chair

William Schneider

Senior Fellow

Kenneth R. Weinstein & William Schneider

Nov 4, 2014

Commentary

1 Min Read

Commentary

Will Russia Make Nuclear Security Next Victim of Ukraine Crisis?

Richard Weitz

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis

Richard Weitz

Nov 4, 2014

Commentary

5 Min Read

Commentary

For U.S. and South Korea, Missile Defense Looms as Next Big Challenge

Richard Weitz

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis

Richard Weitz

Oct 28, 2014

Commentary

1 Min Read

Store attendants help customers at an Apple store selling the iPhone 6 in Beijing on October 23, 2014. (GREG BAKER/AFP/Getty Images)

Commentary

China Just Bit Apple -- and We Need to Bite Back

Arthur Herman

Former Senior Fellow

Arthur Herman

Oct 28, 2014

Commentary

3 Min Read

(John Moore/Getty Images)

Commentary

Unconstrained Grand Strategy

Bryan McGrath

Former Deputy Director, Center for American Seapower

Bryan McGrath

Oct 28, 2014

Commentary

4 Min Read

A Chinese Navy submarine attends an international fleet review to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army Navy on April 23, 2009 off Qingdao in Shandong Province. (Guang Niu/AFP/Getty Images)

Commentary

China's Rise is America's Opportunity

Thomas Moriarty

Oct 24, 2014

Commentary

5 Min Read

In the Media

Will Political Unity Give Way to Opportunism after Ottawa Attacks?

Christopher Sands

Former Senior Fellow

Christopher Sands

Oct 24, 2014

In the Media

The amphibious assault ship Kearsarge returns to Naval Station Norfolk, Va., in November 2013 after an eight-month deployment. (MCSN Edward Guttierrez III / Navy)

Commentary

The CNO is Wrong When He Says Seven Month Deployments are "Achievable and Sustainable"

Bryan McGrath

Former Deputy Director, Center for American Seapower

Bryan McGrath

Oct 23, 2014

Commentary

4 Min Read

A protestor holds a sign outside the Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center on opening night of the opera, 'The Death of Klinghoffer' on October 20, 2014 in New York City. (Bryan Thomas/Getty Images)

Commentary

El 'Affaire' Klinghoffer