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Daniel DePetris

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Daniel DePetris is a fellow at Defense Priorities.

DePetris is also a syndicated foreign affairs columnist at Chicago Tribune, a foreign affairs writer for Newsweek, and a writer for The Spectator. He also contributes to Beltway Confidential at the Washington Examiner.

op-edNATO, Alliances, Europe and Eurasia, Nuclear weapons

Is Europe Willing To Trade a U.S. Nuclear Guarantee for a French One?

By Daniel DePetris

March 21, 2025

President Donald Trump has done more in the last eight weeks to shock Europe into taking its defense more seriously than the Biden administration […]

op-edGrand strategy, Americas

Trump’s Latin American sticks could end up stuck in his spokes

By Daniel DePetris

March 19, 2025

op-edIsrael‑Hamas, Israel, Middle East

The Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal was just an illusion of progress

By Daniel DePetris

March 19, 2025

More from Daniel DePetris

op-edNATO, Alliances, Europe and Eurasia, Nuclear weapons

Is Europe Willing To Trade a U.S. Nuclear Guarantee for a French One?

By Daniel DePetris

March 21, 2025

op-edGrand strategy, Americas

Trump’s Latin American sticks could end up stuck in his spokes

By Daniel DePetris

March 19, 2025

op-edIsrael‑Hamas, Israel, Middle East

The Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal was just an illusion of progress

By Daniel DePetris

March 19, 2025

Yemen, Middle East

President Donald Trump goes to war in Yemen

By Daniel DePetris

March 18, 2025

op-edIsrael‑Hamas, Israel, Middle East, Russia, Ukraine, Ukraine‑Russia

The collapse of Trump’s Gaza ceasefire is bad omen for peace in Ukraine

By Daniel DePetris

March 18, 2025

op-edUkraine‑Russia, Europe and Eurasia, Russia, Ukraine

Ukraine’s Kursk Offensive Was a Miserable Failure

By Daniel DePetris

March 15, 2025

Daniel DePetris Past Virtual Events

virtualSyria, Balance of power, Basing and force posture, Counterterrorism, Middle East, Military analysis

Past Virtual Event: Syria after Assad: Prospects for U.S. withdrawal

February 21, 2025
virtualMiddle East, Alliances, Diplomacy, Israel, Military analysis

Past Virtual Event: Assessing a formal U.S.-Saudi alliance

October 17, 2024
virtualHouthis, Iran, Israel‑Hamas, Middle East, Yemen

Past Virtual Event: Houthi conundrum: defend, degrade, or defer

March 28, 2024
virtualGrand strategy, Iran, Middle East, Syria

Past Virtual Event: Keeping the U.S. out of war in the Middle East

January 16, 2024

Daniel DePetris Featured Symposia

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symposiumUkraine, Russia

Lessons from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

February 13, 2023

symposiumAfghanistan

Lessons from Afghanistan

September 10, 2021

symposium

DoD budget cuts

symposiumNATO, Alliances

Antique alliance: Rethinking NATO at 75

July 2, 2024

symposiumGrand strategy

Realistic recommendations for Trump II