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Franz-Stefan Gady

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 PBSamong others.

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Posts by Franz-Stefan Gady
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June 13, 2015

Will This Chinese Weapon Be Able to Sink an Aircraft Carrier?

By Franz-Stefan Gady
The PLA's anti-access/area denial arsenal is slowly but steadily expanding.
June 13, 2015

Pentagon Asks China to Stop Island Building in South China Sea (Again)

By Franz-Stefan Gady
The U.S. Defense Secretary met the vice chairman of China’s Central Military Commission to discuss mil-mil relations.

June 12, 2015

US and South Korea Conduct Anti-Submarine Warfare Drill

By Franz-Stefan Gady
The biennially held 'Silent Shark 2015' naval exercise is taking place from June 8-12 in the Philippine Sea.

June 12, 2015

The Future of Net Assessment at the Pentagon

By Franz-Stefan Gady
Yoda has left the building: What does the U.S. Secretary of Defense want the Pentagon's internal think tank to focus on?

June 12, 2015

How the Ukraine Crisis Interrupts Putin’s Naval Dreams

By Franz-Stefan Gady
Russia’s surface fleet modernization will face further delays without Ukrainian military hardware.
June 11, 2015

China Holds Naval Drills Near Taiwan and Philippines

By Franz-Stefan Gady
'Similar drills and exercises will keep taking place,' a People's Liberation Army Navy spokesperson said this morning.

June 11, 2015

US and Japan Successfully Test Ballistic Missile Killer

By Franz-Stefan Gady
The new next-generation Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) is scheduled to be deployed at sea and ashore by 2018.
June 10, 2015

China Wants to Reform its Defense Industry

By Franz-Stefan Gady
Beijing remains technologically one or two generations behind its main competitors in the global arms industry.

June 09, 2015

Can This Chinese Tank Beat Russia’s T-14 Armata?

By Franz-Stefan Gady
Chinese tank maker Norinco claims that its VT-4 is superior to Russia’s deadliest armored fighting vehicle.

June 09, 2015

2 New Ships: Taiwan's Coast Guard Is Thinking Big

By Franz-Stefan Gady
The vessels will be deployed in the South and East China Seas respectively.

June 09, 2015

Is Japan Facing a Shortage of Fighter Aircraft?

By Franz-Stefan Gady
Tokyo needs to step up its modernization efforts, otherwise the JASDF might face an aircraft shortage in the 2020.
June 06, 2015

Is Russia's 'Deadliest Tank’ Using Western Technology?

By Franz-Stefan Gady
A new report highlights how Russia is circumventing sanctions to buy Western military equipment.

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