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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.

Newport News Shipbuilding contractors lift the starboard anchor of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis in Newport News, Virginia, on July 14, 2023. (US Navy photo)

Podcast

Affordable Approaches to Improve US and Allied Shipbuilding and Ship Repair

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Michael Roberts

Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark & Michael Roberts

Jan 13, 2025

Podcast

Xi Jinping shakes hands with Donald Trump at the G20 Summit in Osaka, Japan, on June 29, 2019. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Trump and Xi Face Off

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Jan 13, 2025

Commentary

1 Min Read

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In the Media

Deep Dive | January 13

Jonathan Hessen

Former Nonresident Senior Fellow

Michael Doran

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

John P. Walters

President and CEO

Jonathan Hessen, Michael Doran & John P. Walters

Jan 13, 2025

In the Media

Donald Trump speaks during a press conference on January 7, 2025, in Palm Beach, Florida. (Scott Olson via Getty Images)

Commentary

Trump Must Master Risk Management

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark

Jan 9, 2025

Commentary

3 Min Read

A Ukrainian serviceman fires a rocket-propelled grenade launcher on January 6, 2025, in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Roman Chop via Getty Images)

Commentary

Ukraine Military Situation Report | January 8

Can Kasapoğlu

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Can Kasapoğlu

Jan 8, 2025

Commentary

3 Min Read

US Air Force Airman 1st Class Austin House, 388th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, marshals an F-35A Lightning II from underneath a hardened facility on January 24, 2018, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. (US Air Force)

Reports

Concrete Sky: Air Base Hardening in the Western Pacific

Timothy A. Walton

Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Thomas H. Shugart

Adjunct Senior Fellow, Center for a New American Security

Timothy A. Walton & Thomas H. Shugart

Jan 7, 2025

Reports

7 Min Read

President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a press conference on January 7, 2025, in Palm Beach, Florida. (Scott Olson via Getty Images)

Commentary

Trump’s Leadership Can Revitalize America’s National Security

Nadia Schadlow

Senior Fellow

Nadia Schadlow

Jan 7, 2025

Commentary

4 Min Read

China's DF-41 nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missiles are seen during a military parade in Beijing on October 1, 2019. (Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images)

Podcast

China’s Nuclear Buildup

Aaron MacLean

Senior Fellow

Aaron MacLean

Dec 24, 2024

Podcast

Uncrewed aerial systems from Skyways and PteroDynamics sit on the flight deck of the guidedmissile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) on June 25, 2024. (US Navy)

Reports

Winning the Fight for Sensing and Sensemaking: Fielding Cyber and Electronic Warfare Capabilities at Scale

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark

Dec 23, 2024

Reports

4 Min Read

The final piece of the underwater hull of the USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) is lowered into place at Huntington Ingalls Industries Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia on September 28, 2018. (US Navy photo courtesy of Huntington Ingalls Industries by John Whalen)

Reports

Shoring Up the Foundation: Affordable Approaches to Improve US and Allied Shipbuilding and Ship Repair

Michael Roberts

Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Michael Roberts & Bryan Clark

Dec 23, 2024

Reports

5 Min Read

A new type 094A Jin-class nuclear submarine Long March 10 of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy participates in a naval parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of China's PLA Navy in the sea near Qingdao, in eastern China's Shandong province on April 23, 2019.

The type 094A JIN-class nuclear submarine Long March 10 of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy participates in a naval parade to commemorate near Qingdao, China, on April 23, 2019. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein/AFP via Getty Images)

Reports

Key Strategic Forces Takeaways from the 2024 China Military Power Report