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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.

A US Air Force pilot looking down at the Chinese surveillance balloon as it hovers over the Central Continental United States on February 3, 2023. (Photo via Department of Defense)

Podcast

What Does the Chinese Spy Balloon Know?

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark

Apr 12, 2023

Podcast

Self-propelled howitzers during the Victory Day military parade in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, on May 9, 2022. (Bai Xueqi/Xinhua via Getty Images)

Commentary

Could Putin’s “Escalate to Win” Nuclear Threat Strategy Work?

(Screenshot via Fox News)

In the Media

The US vs. China

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Apr 10, 2023

In the Media

Russian President Boris Yeltsin (L) and American president Bill Clinton sign the CSCE (Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe) agreement in Hungary. (Photo by David Brauchli/Sygma via Getty Images)

Russian President Boris Yeltsin and American President Bill Clinton sign the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe agreement in Budapest, Hungary, on December 5, 1994. (David Brauchli/Sygma via Getty Images)

Commentary

How Obama Killed Nuclear Nonproliferation

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Apr 10, 2023

Commentary

1 Min Read

(Screenshot via Fox News)

In the Media

Afghanistan Withdrawal

Jeremy Hunt

Media Fellow

Jeremy Hunt

Apr 10, 2023

In the Media

Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby holds a press briefing at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., May 16, 2022. (DoD Photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class James K. Lee)

John F. Kirby holds a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on May 16, 2022. (DoD photo by James K. Lee)

In the Media

The Botched Afghanistan Withdrawal and Implications for Pakistan

Husain Haqqani

Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia

Husain Haqqani

Apr 10, 2023

In the Media

U.S. Navy Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Nicolas Fareri launches a U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 off the amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7) during Valiant Shield 2022 (VS22), June 13, 2022. Exercises such as Valiant Shield allows the Indo-Pacific Command Joint Task Force the opportunity to integrate forces from all branches of service to conduct long-range, precise, lethal, and overwhelming multi-axis, multi-domain effects t

A US Navy boatswain’s mate launches a US Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft off the amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli in the Pacific Ocean on June 13, 2022. (US Marine Corps photo by Jackson Ricker)

Podcast

There’s More than One Way to Fly Navy

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark

Apr 6, 2023

Podcast

In commemoration of Ukraine’s year-long fight against Russia, the acting Adjutant General of the California National Guard, U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Matthew P. Beevers joined by Mr. Denys Martynenko, Vice-Consul of the Consulate General of Ukraine in San Francisco, raised the U.S. and Ukraine flag at the Joint Force Headquarters, Sacramento, California, Feb. 22, 2023. The California National Guard continues a 30 year-long relationship through the State Partnership Program with Ukraine. (Photo by U.S. Army Nation

US and Ukraine flags fly at the Joint Force Headquarters in Sacramento, California, on February 22, 2023. (US Army National Guard photo by Amanda H. Johnson)

Podcast

Does Helping Ukraine Hurt Taiwan?

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Apr 6, 2023

Podcast

ICBM's in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, during a military parade on September 3, 2015. (Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)

Commentary

Inside the Nuclear Threat: Russia, China, North Korea, Iran

Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 recover a high-altitude surveillance balloon off the coast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on February 5, 2023. (Tyler Thompson via DVIDS)

In the Media

Balloon Espionage