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Dov Zakheim, Opinion Contributor

Dov Zakheim, Opinion Contributor

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New Navy new frigate program is sound — the new battleship, maybe not as much

The fundamental concept behind the new frigate is sound, and the Navy’s goal of having the first one built in three years may be attainable.

26.12.2025 10

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Dov Zakheim, Opinion Contributor

A US military command reshuffle as ISIS threats loom

This terrorist group refuses to die, even after its defeat in Syria and Iraq.

19.12.2025 5

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Dov Zakheim, Opinion Contributor

Trump's strategy document: Not as isolationist as you expected

Apart from Nicolas Maduro, who already faces a major American military buildup off his shores, Europeans seem most distressed by the new National...

12.12.2025 20

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Read: White House National Security Strategy

The White House paints European allies as weak in a new national security strategy released early Friday that outlines plans to reassert America's...

05.12.2025 4

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Dov Zakheim, Opinion Contributor

To build ships faster, the Navy needs to change how it designs them

Two days before Thanksgiving, Navy Secretary John Phelan announced the cancellation of the $22 billion 20 ship Constellation multi-mission...

05.12.2025 7

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Dov Zakheim, Opinion Contributor

Unfreeze and use Russian assets to meet Ukraine's needs

The U.S. and EU should be doing more to support Ukraine's financial names.

28.11.2025 7

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Dov Zakheim, Opinion Contributor

Hegseth's plan to reform acquisitions must overcome some serious obstacles

Industry leaders have publicly accepted Hegseth’s demands. So too has the acquisition bureaucracy. But will either group implement his objectives?

21.11.2025 7

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Dov Zakheim, Opinion Contributor

The Abraham Accords expand to Central Asia

The expansion of the Abraham Accords is a welcome development not only for Israel, but equally and probably more importantly for the U.S.

14.11.2025 10

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Dov Zakheim, Opinion Contributor

The War Department has a new name but no one to mind the store

As of this week, 36 of the 65 War Department positions requiring Senate confirmation have yet to be filled. Some of President Trump's nominees for...

31.10.2025 10

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Dov Zakheim, Opinion Contributor

Treat Poland, Ukraine like Israel with an offshore weapons procurement program

In 1977, the U.S. gave Israel permission to employ foreign military financing funds to acquire the Merkava tank. Seven years later, Washington...

10.10.2025 4

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Dov Zakheim, Opinion Contributor

Trump's Gaza deal may have a better chance than you think

Netanyahu has publicly accepted the proposal and cannot afford to wiggle out of it, lest Trump turn on him.

03.10.2025 10

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Dov Zakheim, Opinion Contributor