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A soldier of Ukraine's 5th Regiment of Assault Infantry fires a US-made MK-19 automatic grenade launcher towards Russian positions in less than 800 metres away at a front line near Toretsk in the Donetsk region on October 12, 2022,

A Ukrainian soldier fires a US-made MK-19 automatic grenade launcher near the front lines of the conflict in the Donetsk region on October 12, 2022. (Dave Clark/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Biden Needs to Commit to Victory in Ukraine

Peter Rough

Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Can Kasapoğlu

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Peter Rough & Can Kasapoğlu

Nov 8, 2022

Commentary

10 Min Read

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Joe Biden and Xi Jinping inside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on August 18, 2011. (The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)

Commentary

Realpolitik in the "New Era" of US-China Relations

Patrick M. Cronin

Asia-Pacific Security Chair

Patrick M. Cronin

Nov 8, 2022

Commentary

8 Min Read

(Screenshot via PULS24)

In the Media

Foreign Policy after the Midterms

Peter Rough

Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Peter Rough

Nov 8, 2022

In the Media

An Iranian woman holds both Ukrainian and Iranian flags at a demonstration for peace in Cologne, Germany, on November 5, 2022. (Ying Tang/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Commentary

Iran’s Mullahs Throw Biden a Lifeline

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Nov 7, 2022

Commentary

1 Min Read

Sailors salute the American Flag during morning colors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross on June 11, 2017, at Naval Station Rota in Spain. (US Navy photo by Robert S. Price)

Commentary

Conservative US Statecraft for the Twenty-First Century

Nadia Schadlow

Senior Fellow

Nadia Schadlow

Nov 7, 2022

Commentary

11 Min Read

KYIV, UKRAINE - 2022/10/17: Ukrainian rescuers work at the site of a residential building destroyed by a Russian drone strike, which local authorities consider to be Iranian-made unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) Shahed-136, in central Kyiv. At least four people have been killed as a result of a drone attack on a residential building in Kyiv. (Photo by Oleksii Chumachenko/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Ukrainian rescuers work at the site of a residential building destroyed by a Russian drone, which local authorities believe to be Iranian-made Shahed-136, in central Kyiv on October 17, 2022. (Oleksii Chumachenko/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Commentary

Iran's Malign Meddling Is Only Going to Get Worse

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Luke Coffey

Nov 4, 2022

Commentary

4 Min Read

A Russian army T-72-B3 tank fires during military exercises at the Raevsky range in Southern Russia on September 23, 2020 during the "Caucasus-2020" military drills gathering China, Iran, Pakistan and Myanmar troops, along with ex-Soviet Armenia, Azerbaijan and Belarus. - Up to 250 tanks and around 450 infantry combat vehicles and armoured personnel carriers will take part in the September 21 to 26 land and naval exercises that will involve 80,000 people including support staff. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF /

A Russian T-72 tank fires during joint military exercises between Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Iran, Pakistan, and Myanmar at the Raevsky range in Southern Russia on September 23, 2020, during the "Caucasus-2020" military drills. (Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty Images)

Podcast

The World's a Mess, But It's Not Hopeless

Josh Block

Adjunct Fellow

Josh Block

Nov 3, 2022

Podcast

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Missiles fire over the Caspian Sea during the Caucasus-2020 military drills between Iran, China, Russia, Pakistan, Myanmar, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Belarus, on September 23, 2020. (Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Overmatch

Michael Doran

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East

Can Kasapoğlu

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Michael Doran & Can Kasapoğlu

Nov 2, 2022

Commentary

Long Read

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President Harry S. Truman receives a menorah from Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion and Ambassador of Israel to the United States Abba Eban in the Oval Office on May 8, 1951. (Wikimedia Commons)

Podcast

Genesis of American Support for Israel: The Gentile Push for a Jewish State

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Oct 31, 2022

Podcast

US soldiers coordinate boat movement during a wet-gap crossing operation as part of joint military drills Dęblin, Poland, on May 13, 2022. (Army National Guard Photo)

Commentary

The High Cost of Low American Military Spending

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Oct 31, 2022

Commentary

2 Min Read

oldiers with the Ukrainian Land Forces conduct squad battle drills

Ukrainian solders conduct squad battle drills as part of Operation Fearless Guardian II, an initiative to increase Ukrainian defense compatibility with NATO forces, in Ukraine on December 15, 2015. (US Army Photo by Adriana M. Diaz-Brown)

Commentary

I Served with Ukrainians. I’m Not Surprised by Their Resolve

Jeremy Hunt

Media Fellow

Jeremy Hunt

Oct 29, 2022

Commentary

3 Min Read

An Azerbaijani soldier keeping guard by the Aras River, which forms much of Azeri-Iranian border, in Jabrayil, Azerbaijan, on December 7, 2020. (Murat Kaynak/Andalou Agency via Getty Images)

Commentary

We Must Not Allow Iran to Block Peace in the South Caucasus