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June 3, 2025

Ukraine
Ukraine’s Operation Spider’s Web Shows Future of Drone Warfare

Ukraine said it had used 117 drones to target airfields deep in Russian territory. The daring attack demonstrated low-cost precision strikes accessible to almost any state or militant group.

The silhouettes of two soldiers hold a drone between them. They are surrounded by greenery and there is a blue sky behind them.

June 1, 2025

Israel
Israel’s Laser Air Defense Revolution

Israel's "Iron Beam" laser air defense system is being deployed in the field and offers the first cost-effective response to drone warfare.

March 10, 2025

United States
Navigating the Gray Zone—Strategies to Address Hybrid Warfare

Panelists discuss the rising threat of hybrid warfare, exploring the tactics used by hostile states, and effective strategies to counter these covert attacks. **This is a virtual meeting through Z…

Play The experimental quiet supersonic aircraft X-59 is seen parked on tarmac in Palmdale

March 25, 2025

Sanctions
The New Era of Economic Warfare, With Edward Fishman

Edward Fishman, senior research scholar and adjunct professor at Columbia University and author of Chokepoints: American Power in an Age of Economic Warfare, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discus…

Podcast Empty shipping containers used by the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL Group) stacked on top of each other.

March 28, 2025

Sanctions
The President’s Inbox Recap: The New Era of Economic Warfare

The United States leveraged its dominance of the global financial system to deploy powerful sanctions against adversaries, but excessive use risks diminishing their strength.

Russian oil tanker transits the Bosphorus

June 6, 2025

Europe
Growing Conflict and Uncertain Alliances: On the Future of European Security

On the eighty-first anniversary of D-Day, CFR President Michael Froman and senior fellows discuss the Trump administration’s diminished appetite for engagement in European security affairs—even as th…

A satellite image shows destroyed TU 95 aircrafts in the aftermath of a drone strike at the Belaya air base, Irkutsk region, Russia, June 4, 2025,

January 16, 2024

Ukraine
How the Drone War in Ukraine Is Transforming Conflict

Drone technology has been used extensively in twenty-first-century armed conflict, but the Russia-Ukraine war is driving innovations in autonomous warfare not seen on other battlefields.  

A man in camo releases a drone into the sky.

June 3, 2025

Ukraine
Comparing the Size and Capabilities of the Russian and Ukrainian Militaries

Russia holds a sizable advantage over Ukraine on troop numbers and weaponry yet the two sides have fought to a standstill. Russia this spring has ramped up attacks on civilian targets while resisting…

May 22, 2025

China Strategy Initiative
Securing America: Key Authorities Under the Defense Production Act

Four points framed Dr. Doshi’s remarks to the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. First, China is an ambitious and formidable competitor unlike any the United States h…

Rush Doshi testifies on "Securing America: Key Authorities Under the Defense Production Act"

June 9, 2025

United States
What Does the U.S. National Guard Do?

The National Guard is a special part of the U.S. military that answers to both state governors and the president. While it began as a “strategic reserve,” the guard has come to play an important role…

A member of the National Guard patrols the southern U.S. border in Eagle Pass, Texas.