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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.

The main gun of Chinese guided-missile destroyer Nanchang attacks target during a China-Russia military drill on October 15, 2021, in Russia. (Sun Zifa/China News Service via Getty Images)

The main gun of Chinese guided-missile destroyer Nanchang attacks a target during a China-Russia military drill on October 15, 2021, in Russian waters. (Sun Zifa/China News Service via Getty Images)

Commentary

US Shrugs as World War III Approaches

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Sep 16, 2024

Commentary

1 Min Read

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In the Media

Deep Dive | September 16

Jonathan Hessen

Former Nonresident Senior Fellow

Marshall Billingslea

Senior Fellow

Joel Rayburn

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

Jonathan Hessen, Marshall Billingslea & Joel Rayburn

Sep 16, 2024

In the Media

Armed Taliban security personnel sit atop a humvee armored vehicle, as they ride along a street in Khash district, Badakhshan province on September 1, 2024. (Photo by OMER ABRAR / AFP) (Photo by OMER ABRAR/AFP via Getty Images)

Armed Taliban security personnel sit atop an armored vehicle as they ride along a street in Khash district, Badakhshan province, on September 1, 2024. (Omer Abrar/AFP via Getty Images)

Podcast

Is ISIS a Useful Tool for the Taliban and Their Al Qaeda Partner?

Husain Haqqani

Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia

Husain Haqqani

Sep 16, 2024

Podcast

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In the Media

Is the Arab World Unified?

Zineb Riboua

Research Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East

Jonathan Hessen

Former Nonresident Senior Fellow

Zineb Riboua & Jonathan Hessen

Sep 12, 2024

In the Media

Podcast

AoD Podcast | Clear Strategies Pairing Innovation and Deterrence Can Win a Cold War with China (feat. Dr. Megan Reiss)

Marshall Kosloff

Media Fellow

Marshall Kosloff

Sep 11, 2024

Podcast

Ukrainian emergency service workers extinguish a fire after a Russian bombing in the town of Kostiantynivka, Ukraine, on September 4, 2024. (Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Commentary

Ukraine Military Situation Report | September 11

Can Kasapoğlu

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Can Kasapoğlu

Sep 11, 2024

Commentary

4 Min Read

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In the Media

H.R. McMaster on US Foreign Policy and the Presidential Debate

H.R. McMaster

Chair of the Advisory Board, Japan Chair

H.R. McMaster

Sep 11, 2024

In the Media

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Testimony

Countering Malign PRC Influence in Europe

Peter Rough

Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Peter Rough

Sep 11, 2024

Testimony

14 Min Read

Podcast

China Insider | NY Political Advisor Indicted as Chinese Agent, Chinese Veteran Mistreatment, Lai Turns the Annexation Tables

Miles Yu

Senior Fellow and Director, China Center

Miles Yu

Sep 10, 2024

Podcast

Ukrainian soldier of the 33rd assault battalion hides behind a tree after hearing the sound of a drone in the town center on August 16, 2024 in Sudzha, Russia. The fighting in the Kursk Oblast began on August 6, 2024, when the Armed Forces of Ukraine crossed the Russian-Ukrainian border near the city of Sudzha and began to advance deep into Russian territory, and in a few days took control of dozens of settlements in Kursk region. (Photo by Taras Ibragimov/Suspilne Ukraine/JSC "UA:PBC"/Global Images Ukraine

Ukrainian soldier hides behind a tree on August 16, 2024, in Sudzha, Russia. (Taras Ibragimov/Suspilne Ukraine via Getty Images)

Commentary

Ukraine’s Kursk Offensive: A Gamble That Could Transform the War with Russia

Daniel Kochis

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Daniel Kochis

Sep 9, 2024

Commentary

3 Min Read

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul waves during the first day of the Democratic National Convention on August 19, 2024, in Chicago, Illinois. (Kevin Dietsch via Getty Images)

China's President Xi Jinping speaks to American business leaders in San Francisco, California, on November 15, 2023. (Carlos Barria/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Foreign Entanglements Are Risky Business