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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

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

A worker leaves US Steel Edgar Thomson Steel Works, March 10, 2018, in Braddock, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Commentary

Biden Throws Cold Water on Steel Deal ahead of State Visit

Riley Walters

Senior Fellow

Riley Walters

Mar 18, 2024

Commentary

3 Min Read

The TikTok logo on phone screen in Brussels, Belgium, on March 21, 2023. (Photo Illustration by Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

In the Media

TikTok Is a Key Tool in China’s Information War

Jonathan Ward

Former Senior Fellow

Jonathan Ward

Mar 14, 2024

In the Media

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

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 14, 2024

Commentary

4 Min Read

(Screenshot via House Armed Services Committee/YouTube)

Testimony

Too Critical to Fail: Getting Software Right in an Age of Rapid Innovation

Dan Patt

Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Dan Patt

Mar 13, 2024

Testimony

Long Read

One of the largest outdoor legal marijuana grow operations in Santa Barbara County is in full view from heavily traveled Highway 246 on August 23, 2022, just outside Buellton, California. (George Rose via Getty Images)

Commentary

Weed Is Dangerous, Legalizing It Was a Mistake

John P. Walters

President and CEO

William P. Barr

Distinguished Fellow

John P. Walters & William P. Barr

Mar 13, 2024

Commentary

5 Min Read

The TikTok logo with a sketch of TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew. (Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Podcast

Why TikTok Threatens American Security

Miles Yu

Senior Fellow and Director, China Center

Miles Yu

Mar 13, 2024

Podcast

President Joe Biden speaks at the House Democrats Annual Issues Conference on February 8, 2024, in Leesburg, Virginia. (Official White House Photo by Oliver Contreras)

Commentary

Global Chaos or the Orange Peril?

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Mar 12, 2024

Commentary

1 Min Read

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan deliver statements to the press following their meetings with Chinese officials, in Anchorage, Alaska, on March 19, 2021. (Photo by Ron Przysucha)

Commentary

Neither the Best nor the Brightest