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The $1.5 Trillion Defense Budget Without a Strategy

This is not at all a strategy-driven [FY 2027 defense] budget. This is a budget-driven budget. If you look at the Truth Social posts by the President [Trump] and the statements of the people around ...
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Major General Volodymyr Havrylov

Major General Volodymyr Havrylov is the Defense Attaché of Ukraine in the United States. He started his military career in Air Defense units in 1981 upon graduation from the Institute of electronics ...
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Kenneth Dekleva

Dr. Kenneth Dekleva is a former physician-diplomat with the U.S. State Dept., Professor of Psychiatry, UT Southwestern Medical Center and the founder and CEO of Blackwood Advisory Solutions LLC. The ...
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General Keith Alexander

GEN (Ret) Keith Alexander is the CEO and President of IronNet Cybersecurity. He served as the director of the National Security Agency and Chief of the Central Security Service from 2005-2014. He was ...
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NATO’s European Test: Ukraine, Russia and the Future of the Alliance

NATO’s European Test: Ukraine, Russia and the Future of the Alliance ...
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Jeff Smith

Jeffrey Smith is the founding director of Vanguard Africa, a nonprofit organization that supports pro-reform, ethical leaders in Sub-Saharan Africa. Vanguard Africa worked extensively on the recent ...
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Ankara's Charm Offensive Should Not Buy Back the F-35

The choreography in Ankara last week was impressive, even by Recep Tayyip Erdogan's standards. Cannons fired, mounted honor guards paraded, and jets flew overhead trailing red, white, and blue smoke ...
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David Schenker

David Schenker is the Aufzien fellow and director of the Program on Arab Politics at The Washington Institute. Previously, he served in the Office of the Secretary of Defense as Levant country ...
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Ambassador Gary Grappo

Ambassador Gary Grappo served as Minister Counselor for Political Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad; U.S. Ambassador to the Sultanate of Oman; and Charge d’Affaires and Deputy Chief of Mission of ...
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David Rubin

David Rubin is a cyber security consultant and Director for Deloitte, where he leads work in the national security sector.David Rubin is a cyber security consultant and Director for Deloitte, where he ...
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Alasdair Gordon

Alasdair Gordon served for 32 years in national security with the Australian Government. He has had extensive experience in South East and North Asia, and in the South Pacific. He has also held senior ...
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Raphael Benaroya

Raphael Benaroya is the Managing Director of Biltmore Capital Management and Vice Chair of Business Executives for National Security.