RealClearDefense Editor Dustin Walker moderates a panel featuring the American Enterprise Institute's Mackenzie Eaglen, retired Navy Cmdr. Kirk Lippold, the Hudson Institute’s Bryan McGrath, and the Center for a New American Security’s Paul Scharre.
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US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Japan’s Minister of Defense Shinjiro Koizumi inspect a guard of honor on October 29, 2025 in Tokyo, Japan. (Getty Images)