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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.

As part of a working trip to the de-occupied part of the Kherson region, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy presented state awards to the servicemen who distinguished themselves during the liberation of Kherson and the region.

Volodomyr Zelenksyy presents state awards to the Ukrainian servicemen who liberated the Kherson region in Kerson on November 14, 2022. (President of Ukraine via Flickr)

Podcast

Russia-Ukraine War Update

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Luke Coffey

Jan 15, 2023

Podcast

Azerbaijani servicemen stand guard at a checkpoint at the Lachin corridor, the Armenian-populated breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region's only land link with Armenia, on December 27, 2022. (Tofik Babayev/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

The South Caucasus and the Gulf: Overlapping Interests and the Benefits of Enhanced Cooperation

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Luke Coffey

Jan 14, 2023

Commentary

1 Min Read

Taliban fighters stand guard during a military street parade in Maymana, Afghanistan, on January 16, 2022. (Elise Blanchard/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Taliban Liars Will Never Change

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Luke Coffey

Jan 13, 2023

Commentary

4 Min Read

A Ukrainian soldier watches a self-propelled 220 mm multiple rocket launcher firing toward Russian positions on the front line in eastern Ukraine on November 29, 2022. (Anatolii Stepanov/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Let Ukraine Defeat the Russia-Iranian War Machine

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Richard Goldberg

Senior Advisor, Foundation for the Defense of Democracies

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs & Richard Goldberg

Jan 12, 2023

Commentary

4 Min Read

An employee shows a Phantom DJI drone at a store in Shanghai on May 27, 2019. (Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

More Can Be Done to Ban US Government Use of Chinese Drones

Richard Weitz

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis

Richard Weitz

Jan 12, 2023

Commentary

4 Min Read

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Commentary

What to Watch 2023: Critical Policy Decisions Ahead for US Commercial Maritime Industry��

Michael Roberts

Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Michael Roberts

Jan 12, 2023

Commentary

5 Min Read

Chinese researchers recently claimed that they've broken into encryption systems using quantum computers. What does that mean? And how important is the development for the United States? NTD spoke to Arthur Herman, senior fellow at the �� and director of the Quantum Alliance Initiative, to get his take on it.

(Screenshot via NTD)

In the Media

No Worries on China’s Quantum Computing for Now

Arthur Herman

Senior Fellow

Arthur Herman

Jan 11, 2023

In the Media

Visitors look at Alibaba DAMO Academy’s core components of quantum computer during the Apsara Conference 2021 on October 19, 2021, in Hangzhou, China. (Photo by Long Wei/VCG via Getty Images)

Commentary

Did China Break the Quantum Barrier?

Arthur Herman

Senior Fellow

Arthur Herman

Jan 10, 2023

Commentary

4 Min Read

The medium-displacement unmanned surface vessel Sea Hunter sits pierside at Naval Base San Diego during the Unmanned Surface Vessel Division One Establishment ceremony on May 13, 2022, in San Diego, California. (US Navy photo by Kevin C. Leitner)

Commentary

How the Surface Fleet Can Meet the Chinese Challenge

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark

Jan 9, 2023

Commentary

4 Min Read

Missile maintainers tear down an ICBM for Maintenance

Senior Airman Andrew Parrish performs maintenance on the forward section of an ICBM's reentry system on February 2, 2018, at the F. E. Warren Air Force Base missile complex in Wyoming. (Braydon Williams via DVIDS)

Commentary

Action Needed to Maintain US Nuclear Deterrence

DONBAS, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 05: Ukrainian servicemen fire artillery shells at the frontline of Donbas, Ukraine on December 05, 2022. (Photo by Narciso Contreras/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Ukrainian servicemen fire artillery shells at the frontline of Donbas, Ukraine, on December 5, 2022. (Narciso Contreras/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Commentary

Four Moves to Watch for This Year in Ukraine