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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.

Friday prayers at Feroz Shah Kotla Mosque, a fortress built by Sultan Feroz Shah Tughlaq to house his version of Delhi city called Ferozabad. (Getty Images)

Commentary

Islam's Civil War Between Medievalists and Modernisers

Husain Haqqani

Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia

Husain Haqqani

Nov 15, 2015

Commentary

4 Min Read

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (L-2) meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin (R-2) at the Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia, on October 21, 2015. (Pool/Kremlin Press Office/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Commentary

Russian-Iranian-Syrian Axis: France Brought Terror on Itself

Lee Smith

Former Senior Fellow

Lee Smith

Nov 15, 2015

Commentary

4 Min Read

Commentary

Taking Careful Aim

Assyrian Christians attend a prayer for the 220 Assyrian Christians abducted by ISIS from villages in northeastern Syria, at the Saint Georges Assyrian Church in Jdeideh, Lebanon, February 26, 2015. (ANWAR AMRO/AFP/Getty Images)

Commentary

Christians Not ISIS Genocide Victims, State Department May Rule

Nina Shea

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Religious Freedom

Nina Shea

Nov 13, 2015

Commentary

4 Min Read

In the Media

Mike Rogers on Airstrikes Targeting Jihadi John

Mike Rogers

Former Distinguished Fellow

Mike Rogers

Nov 13, 2015

In the Media

A navy soldier salutes from the Dutch-made Sea Dragon submarine during a combat skills demonstration in the watersnear the Tsoying navy base in southern Kaohsiung on January 14, 2014. (SAM YEH/AFP/Getty Images)

Commentary

Help Taiwan Get Submarines

Seth Cropsey

President, Yorktown Institute

Seth Cropsey

Nov 11, 2015

Commentary

7 Min Read

Debris of the A321 Russian airliner after the plane crashed in Wadi al-Zolomat, a mountainous area in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, on November 1, 2015. (KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images)

Commentary

A Plague on Egypt's Tourism

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Nov 6, 2015

Commentary

6 Min Read

In the Media

Revisiting the Roles and Missions of the Armed Forces

Bryan McGrath

Former Deputy Director, Center for American Seapower

Bryan McGrath

Nov 5, 2015

In the Media

In the Media

Mike Rogers Discusses the Lost Russian Jetliner

Mike Rogers

Former Distinguished Fellow

Mike Rogers

Nov 5, 2015

In the Media

In the Media

Rethinking the Development of the Liberal, Capitalist World Order

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Nov 5, 2015

In the Media

Police and emergency medical services treat the victims of a terror attack in the Armon Hanatziv neighborhood in Jerusalem on Oct. 13, 2015. (Israel Police)

Commentary

Shattered Hopes and Dreams on Bus No. 78