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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.

An operator carries a reusable airstrike drone called Punisher made by UA Dynamics during a test in Kyiv on August 11, 2023. (Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Lessons from Ukraine for the Future of War

Can Kasapoğlu

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Can Kasapoğlu

Aug 16, 2023

Commentary

8 Min Read

Podcast

Counterbalance #57 | Rebeccah Heinrichs on the State of Nuclear Weapons

Peter Rough

Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Peter Rough & Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Aug 15, 2023

Podcast

A Ukrainian soldier of the 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade stands outside the town of New York on the front lines of Russia's war against Ukraine on July 28, 2023. (Wojciech Grzedzinski/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Commentary

Getting the Facts Right on Ukraine

Peter Rough

Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Wesley K. Clark

Former Supreme Allied Commander, Europe

Peter Rough & Wesley K. Clark

Aug 14, 2023

Commentary

4 Min Read

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Podcast

How Emerging Technologies Can Enable the US Military

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark

Aug 11, 2023

Podcast

US Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jesse Rushing installs a 5G antenna in preparation for a 5G network demonstration at MCAGCC in Twentynine Palms, California, on August 15, 2022. (Ryan Kennelly via DVIDS)

Podcast

Achieving Spectrum Superiority

Timothy A. Walton

Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Timothy A. Walton

Aug 11, 2023

Podcast

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Podcast

Ukraine Blame Games

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Aug 11, 2023

Podcast

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Podcast

The Pentagon’s Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control Effort

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark

Aug 9, 2023

Podcast

A Sailor signals to a naval aviator inside an F/A-18E Super Hornet before it launches off the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson on April 4, 2023. (Leon Vonguyen via DVIDS)

Podcast

Are We in a Pre-War Era?

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Jul 28, 2023

Podcast

Smoke rises after coup supporters set fire to the headquarters of President Mohamed Bazoum's party, the Party for Democracy and Socialism in Niger in Niamey, Niger, on July 27, 2023. (Balima Boureima/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Reports

Niger’s Coup Is a West African Disaster in the Making

James Barnett

Research Fellow

James Barnett

Jul 28, 2023

Reports

9 Min Read

Christopher Nolan's 'Oppenheimer' movie poster is seen in Cinema City multiplex cinema in Bonarka shopping center in Krakow, Poland, on July 25, 2023. (Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Commentary

What Does Oppenheimer Teach about Nuclear Deterrence?

An unarmed Trident II D5 missile launches from the Ohio-class fleet ballistic-missile submarine USS Maryland (SSBN 738) off the coast of Florida on August 31, 2016. (US Navy Photo John Kowalski/Released)

Podcast

National Security and the Nuclear Threat

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Jul 25, 2023

Podcast

US Air Force Airmen assigned to the 509th Bomb Wing recover a B-2 Spirit before a hot-pit refueling at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, on July 19, 2023. (Sheila DeVera via DVIDS)

Podcast

Nuclear War with Russia?

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