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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-edGrand strategy, Houthis, Middle East

Trump’s Pentagon ignores its own strategy

By Daniel DePetris

April 3, 2025

The first two months of the Trump administration have felt like a year. Whether it’s the on-again, off-again tariffs, the head-dizzying threats […]

op-edYemen, Houthis, Middle East

Signalgate is distracting us from more serious issues in Yemen

By Daniel DePetris

April 1, 2025

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

The Europeans don’t have a clue what they’re doing in Ukraine

By Daniel DePetris

March 28, 2025

More from Daniel DePetris

op-edGrand strategy, Houthis, Middle East

Trump’s Pentagon ignores its own strategy

By Daniel DePetris

April 3, 2025

op-edYemen, Houthis, Middle East

Signalgate is distracting us from more serious issues in Yemen

By Daniel DePetris

April 1, 2025

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

The Europeans don’t have a clue what they’re doing in Ukraine

By Daniel DePetris

March 28, 2025

op-edYemen, Middle East

The Signal Group Chat Reveals Confusion about Yemen Strikes

By Daniel DePetris

March 27, 2025

op-edNATO, Alliances, Europe and Eurasia

Is Europe stepping up to the plate?

By Daniel DePetris

March 25, 2025

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

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