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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 07, 2019

Russia Says US Cruiser Nearly Caused Collision in East China Sea

By Franz-Stefan Gady
The U.S. Navy has rejected the Russian characterization of the incident.
June 05, 2019

India Test Fires BrahMos Supersonic Cruise Missile

By Franz-Stefan Gady
An anti-ship variant of the Brahmos supersonic cruise missile was test launched earlier this week.

June 04, 2019

Alessio Patalano on Japan’s Growing Naval Power

By Franz-Stefan Gady
Aircraft carriers and F-35B stealth fighters: Japan is incrementally building up its offensive maritime capabilities.

June 04, 2019

Russia’s Pacific Fleet Conducts Anti-Submarine Warfare Exercise

By Franz-Stefan Gady
The recent anti-submarine warfare drill involved surface combatants and aircraft of the Russian Pacific Fleet.

June 04, 2019

Japan Stops Search for Crashed F-35A Stealth Fighter Jet

By Franz-Stefan Gady
The Japanese government has stopped searching for a F-35A fighter aircraft that crashed into the Pacific Ocean almost two months ago.
June 04, 2019

Russia to Showcase Su-57 Stealth Fighter at Air Show

By Franz-Stefan Gady
Russia’s first purported stealth fighter will demonstrate its capabilities at an airshow outside Moscow at the end of August.

June 04, 2019

India’s Air Force Mulls Arming Su-30MKI Fleet With I-Derby Extended Range Missiles

By Franz-Stefan Gady
The Indian Air Force’s Su-30MKI fleet could be armed with the beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile by 2022.
June 03, 2019

Japan Takes Delivery of First E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Aircraft

By Franz-Stefan Gady
Northrop Grumman has announced that it has delivered the first E-2D aircraft to the Japan Air Self Defense Force.

May 28, 2019

Trump Tours Japan’s Izumo-Class Carrier Hailing its Future F-35B Capability

By Franz-Stefan Gady
The U.S. president boarded the flattop along with the Japanese prime minister on May 28 wrapping up his Japan trip.

May 27, 2019

India Conducts Test Firing of Indigenous Advanced Towed Artillery System

By Franz-Stefan Gady
User trials of India’s new indigenously designed and developed towed howitzer kicked off last Friday.

May 27, 2019

Russia Launches New Nuclear-Powered Icebreaker

By Franz-Stefan Gady
The last and final ship of a new class of Russian nuclear-powered icebreakers was launched on May 25 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
May 27, 2019

China Makes Progress in Induction of Second S-400 Air Defense System Regiment

By Franz-Stefan Gady
Chinese servicemen are conducting a technical inspection of the second batch of S-400 air defense systems.

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