Foreign Policy
Foreign Policy
![Russian President Vladimir Putin](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2022-09/GettyImages-1235194627.jpg?h=5c1807ee&itok=yZmk932a)
![The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ramage (DDG 61) flies the battle ensign during a formation transit as part of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group, Oct. 25, 2022. The first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) is on its inaugural deployment conducting training and operations alongside NATO Allies and partners to enhance integration for future operations and demonstrate the U.S. Navy’s commitment to a peaceful, stable and conflict free Atlantic region. (U.S. Navy phot](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2022-12/12.19%20Mead.jpg?h=2992ba0a&itok=MxKevf40)
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The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ramage flies the battle ensign during a formation transit as part of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group on October 25, 2022, in the Atlantic Ocean. (US Navy photo by Sawyer Connally)
![Senior fellow for foreign policy and defense at the Hudson Institute Luke Coffey unpacks the ongoing war in Ukraine as Russia amplifies missile barrage on Ukrainian cities.](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2022-12/12.17%20coffey%20Fox.jpg?h=c1854ad8&itok=9iYgSwvB)
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(Screenshot via Fox News)
In the Media
![A funeral for 14 Azerbaijani soldiers killed in a helicopter crash held on December 1, 2021, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (Aziz Karimov/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2022-12/12.17%20Coffey.jpg?h=63856562&itok=fEQZPMq_)
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A funeral for 14 Azerbaijani soldiers killed in a helicopter crash held on December 1, 2021, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (Aziz Karimov/Getty Images)
![URAGA CHANNEL, Japan (February 17, 2016) – The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Murasame-class destroyer JS Ikazuchi (DD-107) transits Uraga Channel in front of Mt. Fuji. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. j.g. William McGough) LEAVE A COMMENT](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2022-12/2419888.jpg?h=a1e1a043&itok=OQRbWP_h)
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The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Murasame-class destroyer JS Ikazuchi transits Uraga Channel in front of Mt. Fuji on February 17, 2016. (US Navy photo by William McGough)
![Exclusive - The Netanyahu Doctrine: An in-depth regional policy interview](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-01/12.16%20Alyahya%20Al%20Arabiya_0.jpg?h=a701d6a6&itok=U_Tm8nxe)
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(Screenshot via Al Arabiya/YouTube)
![Members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) with 7th Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Airborne Brigade, disembark an MV-22B Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265 during Keen Sword 23 at Camp Ainoura, Japan, Nov. 16, 2022. Keen Sword is a biennial training event that exercises the combined capabilities and lethality developed between the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force, and the Japan Self Defense Force (JSDF). This bilateral field-training exercise betwe](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2022-12/12.15%20Watson.jpg?h=900bfc59&itok=EX9HzN2-)
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Members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force disembark from a US Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey as part of joint military drill Operation Keen Sword in Kumamoto, Japan, on November 16, 2022. (Marine Corps photo by Justin Marty)
![Xi Jinping is welcomed by Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud at the Palace of Yamamah in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on December 8, 2022. (Royal Court of Saudi Arabia/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2022-12/12.15%20Alyahya.jpg?h=96aa30fa&itok=bNdeR8CA)
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Xi Jinping is welcomed by Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud at the Palace of Yamamah in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on December 8, 2022. (Royal Court of Saudi Arabia/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Commentary
![Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Hyūga-class helicopter destroyer JS Hyūga (DDH 181) launches an MH-60J Seahawk helicopter during training. Operating as part of U.S. Pacific Fleet, units assigned to Carl Vinson and Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Groups, America and Essex Amphibious Ready Groups, alongside JMSDF, are conducting training to preserve and protect a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (Photo by Intelligence Specialist 1st Class Jeremy Faller)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2022-12/12.15%20Watson%20NRO.jpg?h=c3635fa2&itok=ugtBBoDb)
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Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer JS Hyūga launches an MH-60J Seahawk helicopter during training in the Philippine Sea on January 21, 2022. (DVIDS photo by Jeremy Faller)
Commentary
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(Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs via Flickr)
![Preparing for the Final Collapse of the Soviet Union and the Dissolution of the Russian Federation](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2022-12/12.14%20Coffey%20Memo.jpg?h=9eb0d413&itok=Q03OaV0v)
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A destroyed Russian tank stands by the road in front of an orthodox temple in the liberated town of Sviatohirsk, Ukraine, on November 30, 2022. (Andriy Andriyenko/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
![The way forward for US cooperation with allies on the global green economy and technologies](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2022-12/12.13%20Duesterberg.jpg?h=8e4009ca&itok=DB-EiuB4)
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(Screenshot via Atlantic Council/YouTube)