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An aerial view of a container ship arriving at the Port of Oakland on October 10, 2025, in Oakland, California. (Getty Images)
National Security and Defense
National Security and Defense
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A Taliban security personnel holds his gun near the Qargha lake on the outskirts of Kabul on July 4, 2024. (Photo by Wakil Koshar / AFP via Getty Images)
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The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Robert Smalls (CG 62) flies its battle flag in the Philippine Sea on June 7, 2024. (Ange-Olivier Clement via DVIDS)
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Ukrainian Army soldiers prepare a military intelligence drone for flight in the direction of Chasiv Yar, Ukraine, on June 10, 2024. (Photo by Jose Colon/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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A Tennessee National Guard regiment employs the US Army Autonomous Multi-Domain Launcher (AML) and the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) on June 16, 2024, in Palau. (US Army)
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A Yuanradish chess robot displayed by SenseTime plays Go with a child in Shanghai, China, on July 6, 2023. (CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images)
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German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock gives a statement to the media on February 28, 2024, in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
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US Army infantry soldiers wait for further instruction during a force on force exercise near Tapa, Estonia, on April 14, 2024. (US Army photo by Spc. Trey Gonzales)
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A Ukrainian soldier pilots a drone in search of targets in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on June 18, 2024. (Pablo Miranzo/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Sailors spin up an F-35C Lightning II for maintenance operations in the Pacific Ocean, on June 14, 2024.
Experts
David Asher
Senior Fellow
William P. Barr
Distinguished Fellow
