Commentary and Analysis

Join Deep Dish for a look at what the Chinese spy balloon tells us about the readiness of the US air defense system and what type of surveillance should worry us.

"Chinese satellites fly over the United States every day," Nonresident Senior Fellow Bruce Jentleson tells Steve Scully. "That doesn't make a headline the way a balloon does."

The United States and Germany are sending their best tanks to Ukraine. Here’s why that matters.

There was no way for Blinken’s Beijing trip to go on as planned and not focus inordinately on the balloon incident, argues Paul Heer.

Ethan Kessler weighs in on US military preparedness to deal with any potential Chinese aggression toward Taiwan.

Russia has allied with Iran to work around sanctions on both countries. Ethan Kessler discusses on Deep State Radio.

China’s balloon was not a “real strategic threat,” says Bruce Jentleson. “Our satellites overfly China all the time and theirs overfly us.”

Ivo Daalder joins John Dickerson on CBS Primetime to discuss what President Biden must consider in whether to send fighter jets to Ukraine.

"Tanks alone will not be enough for Ukraine to win the war. But if used properly, they are still a vital component of modern warfare," Paul Poast writes.

As the global security environment becomes more challenging, the need to adapt alliances increases as well.