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Franz-Stefan Gady
Franz-Stefan Gady is a Research Fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) focused on future conflict and the future of war. Follow him on Twitter.
Franz-Stefan Gady is a Fellow with the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London and a columnist for The Diplomat. He is the author of a number of monographs and book chapters on Asian and European security issues.
Franz-Stefan was a Senior Editor with The Diplomat. He has also reported from a wide range of countries and conflict zones including Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan. His writing and photos have appeared in The International New York Times, BBC News, Foreign Affairs Magazine, Foreign Policy, The Christian Science Monitor, and Slate among other publications.
His analysis has been featured in The Financial Times and The Wallstreet Journal, and on Al Jazeera and PBS, among others.
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March 23, 2016
US Navy's Lethal New Destroyer Heads for Final Sea Trials
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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March 22, 2016
India Deploys Submarine-Hunting Surveillance Aircraft to Seychelles
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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March 22, 2016
India Successfully Tests New Ballistic Missile
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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March 22, 2016
China Makes Advance Payment for Russia’s S-400 Missile Defense Systems
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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March 19, 2016
Sino-US Cooperation Over North Korea Is Now More Important Than Ever
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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March 18, 2016
US Clears Sale of Advanced Missiles to Indonesia
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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March 18, 2016
Indian Air Force Might: 181 Aircraft to Participate in Large Combat Exercise in India
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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March 18, 2016
Deterring China: US Army to Stockpile Equipment in Cambodia and Vietnam
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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March 17, 2016
Japan Coast Guard Gets New Helicopter
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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March 16, 2016
Why Putin Is Withdrawing (Some) Troops From Syria
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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March 16, 2016
Japan Commissions New Stealth Attack Submarine
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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