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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.

The United States detonates an atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll in Micronesia for the first underwater test of the device in 1946. (Wikimedia Commons)

The United States detonates an atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll on July 1, 1946. (Wikimedia Commons)

Commentary

“Countdown” and “Nuclear War” Review: Apocalypse Deferred

Arthur Herman

Former Senior Fellow

Arthur Herman

Mar 22, 2024

Commentary

1 Min Read

Russian President Vladimir Putin, accompanied by Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov, attending the Navy Day parade in Saint Petersburg on July 30, 2023. (Alexander Kazakov via Getty Images)

Commentary

Operation Odesa: Russia Wants the Entire Ukrainian Black Sea Coast

Matthew Boyse

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Matthew Boyse

Mar 21, 2024

Commentary

6 Min Read

(Screenshot via Fox Business)

In the Media

China Builds Large Military Bases on Islands near Taiwan

Jonathan Ward

Former Senior Fellow

Jonathan Ward

Mar 21, 2024

In the Media

Uncrewed aerial vehicles equipped with specialized software and sensors fly during the Technical Concept Experiment (TCE) 23.2, at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in California on January 19, 2024. (US Navy photo by Michael Walls)

Uncrewed aerial vehicles equipped with specialized software and sensors fly during the Technical Concept Experiment 23.2 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in California on January 19, 2024. (US Navy photo by Michael Walls)

Commentary

Use “Hedge Forces” to Break the Pentagon’s Force-Structure Death Spiral

Dan Patt

Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Dan Patt & Bryan Clark

Mar 21, 2024

Commentary

4 Min Read

Podcast

AoD Podcast | To Avoid Great Power Conflict with China, American Industry Needs to “Win the Decade”

Marshall Kosloff

Media Fellow

Jonathan Ward

Former Senior Fellow

Marshall Kosloff & Jonathan Ward

Mar 20, 2024

Podcast

Ukrainian soldiers of 79th brigade are seen in the frontline city of Vuhledar as Russia-Ukraine war continues in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on March 12, 2024. (Photo by Wolfgang Schwan/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Ukrainian soldiers of the 79th brigade in the frontline city of Vuhledar, Ukraine, on March 12, 2024. (Photo by Wolfgang Schwan/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Commentary

Ukraine Military Situation Report | March 20

Can Kasapoğlu

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Can Kasapoğlu

Mar 20, 2024

Commentary

5 Min Read

Visitors at TikTok's stand at the Appliance and Electronics World Expo in Shanghai, China, on April 27, 2023. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Podcast

How Broad Is China’s Reach?

Miles Yu

Senior Fellow and Director, China Center

Miles Yu

Mar 20, 2024

Podcast

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Podcast

China Insider | US TikTok Battle, India Border Tension, Russia Commemorates Battle with China

Miles Yu

Senior Fellow and Director, China Center

Miles Yu

Mar 19, 2024

Podcast

President Joe Biden greets President Xi Jinping before a meeting in Woodside, California, on November 15, 2023. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Biden Weakens America’s Global Clout

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Mar 19, 2024

Commentary

1 Min Read

South Korean military drones fly in formation during a South Korea–US joint military drill at Seungjin Fire Training Field in Pocheon, South Korea, on May 25, 2023. (Yelim LEE / AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

CJADC2 Needs a Hedge to Succeed