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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.

USS Ross (DDG 71) fires a tomahawk land attack missile April 7, 2017. (Robert S. Price/U.S. Navy/Handout/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Commentary

What the Syria Strikes Mean

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Damir Marusic

Executive Editor, The American Interest

Andrew Bernard

Via Meadia intern and writer

Walter Russell Mead, Damir Marusic & Andrew Bernard

Apr 7, 2017

Commentary

3 Min Read

In the Media

Role of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the Region: A Terror Group or an Ally?

Michael Pregent

Former Senior Fellow

Michael Pregent

Apr 6, 2017

In the Media

Boy Scouts take to the streets in New York City, 1917. (Underwood & Underwood/National Geographic Magazine/Wikimedia)

Commentary

How 'Mr. Wilson's War' Shaped the World Order

Arthur Herman

Former Senior Fellow

Arthur Herman

Apr 6, 2017

Commentary

9 Min Read

A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptor is launched from a THAAD battery located on Wake Island, during Flight Test Operational (FTO)-02 Event 2a, November 1, 2015. (Missile Defense Agency)

Commentary

Common Defense Through Missile Defense

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Apr 6, 2017

Commentary

6 Min Read

(L) General Douglas MacArthur signs the formal surrender on the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, September 2, 1945 (US Navy/Released) (R) Chinese communist guerrilla leader Mao Tse-Tung, November 12, 1944. (Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Reports

Asian Shadows: The Hidden History of World War Two in the Pacific

Arthur Herman

Former Senior Fellow

Lewis Libby

Former Senior Vice President

Arthur Herman & Lewis Libby

Reports

Long Read

Commentary

Pesadillas Nucleares

In the Media

Religious Persecution in Egypt

Samuel Tadros

Former Senior Fellow

Samuel Tadros

Apr 3, 2017

In the Media

Commentary

How Pakistan is Courting the Abyss

Aparna Pande

Research Fellow, India and South Asia

Aparna Pande

Apr 3, 2017

Commentary

5 Min Read

Commentary

Current Trends in Islamist Ideology, Volume 21

Hillel Fradkin

Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Islam, Democracy, and the Future of the Muslim World

Husain Haqqani

Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia

Eric B. Brown

Senior Fellow

Hillel Fradkin, Husain Haqqani & Eric B. Brown

Mar 31, 2017

Commentary

1 Min Read

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson makes an opening speech during the Ministers of the global coalition on the defeat of Daesh, in Washington, United States on March 22, 2017. (Cem Ozdel/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Commentary

How to Defeat ISIS