John F. Cullinan

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth greets Supreme Allied Commander Europe General Christopher Cavoli before the North Atlantic Council meeting of defense ministers on February 13, 2025, in Brussels, Belgium. (Omar Havana via Getty Images)

Why America Should Keep the NATO Command Chair

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Mar 25, 2025

Commentary

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Trucks queue near the Mexico-US border before crossing the border at Otay Commercial crossing in Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico, on March 4, 2025. (Photo by GUILLERMO ARIAS via Getty Images)

Mexico Navigates New Challenges

Luis Rubio, Antonio Ortiz-Mena, PhD, John Creamer, Daniel Batlle

Apr 04, 2025

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Policy Centers
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US Army service members provide a small uncrewed aircraft system demonstration for Lithuanian Vice Minister of National Defense Karolis Aleksa and accompanying Lithuanian defense officials during a state partnership program visit to Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, on February 10, 2025. (US Army National Guard photo)

Fully Exploiting Autonomous Military Systems

Wahid Nawabi, Lindsey Sheppard, Scott Gilloon, Matt Macnak, Kevin Chlan, Rob Morrissey, Dan Javorsek, Bryan Clark

Mar 31, 2025

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Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is shown the way by Chinese President Xi Jinping before their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on April 24, 2019. (Getty Images)

Great Power Competition in the Horn of Africa

Ebenezer Obadare, Moshe Terdiman, Joshua Meservey

Apr 01, 2025

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President Donald Trump, alongside Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent and Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, signs an executive order in the Oval Office on February 3, 2025. (Getty Images)

America First and the Trump Administration’s New Investment Agenda

Thomas Duesterberg, William Chou, Mario Mancuso

Apr 02, 2025

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Gunners from 43rd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine fire at Russian position with a 155 mm self-propelled howitzer 2C22 "Bohdana", in the Kharkiv region, on April 21, 2024, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine. (Photo by Anatolii STEPANOV / AFP) (Photo by ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP via Getty Images)

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Gunners from the Armed Forces of Ukraine fire at Russian position with a 155 mm self-propelled howitzer 2C22 in the Kharkiv region on April 21, 2024. (Anatolii Stepanov/AFP via Getty Images)

How to Save Ukraine

Can Kasapoğlu

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Peter Rough

Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Can Kasapoğlu & Peter Rough

Mar 14, 2025

Commentary

4 Min Read

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Chinese sailors stand next to a submarine rescue ship Hongzehu from the PLA Navy as it is docked on April 23, 2024, in Qingdao, China.(Kevin Frayer via Getty Images)

Trump Doesn’t Faze Xi Jinping

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Mar 17, 2025

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The guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald fires the first Naval Strike Missile from a US destroyer on July 18, 2024, in the Pacific Ocean. (US Navy photo)

Ending Self-Imposed Scarcity: Exploiting America’s Commercial Strengths to Mobilize Weapons Production