Defense Strategy

Russia's President Vladimir Putin addresses a joint session of Russian parliament in the Kremlin, Moscow, March 18, 2014. (KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/Getty Images)
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin addresses a joint session of Russian parliament in the Kremlin, Moscow, March 18, 2014. (KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/Getty Images)
Germany's FGS Hamburg (F220), left, and the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), right, with the Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Bridge (T-AOE 10), center, in the Arabian Sea on March 23, 2013. (U.S. Navy/Released)
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Germany's FGS Hamburg (F220), left, and the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), right, with the Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Bridge (T-AOE 10), center, in the Arabian Sea on March 23, 2013. (U.S. Navy/Released)
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Former Deputy Director, Center for American Seapower
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