Mark Montgomery

4 days ago | washingtontimes.com | Mark Montgomery

OPINION: Last week in Singapore, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said, “The threat China poses is real. And it could be imminent.” He also reiterated the U.S. concern that President Xi Jinping directed his forces to be prepared to invade Taiwan by 2027. We are at this point largely because of China’s sustained investment in military capabilities and technologies over more than 30 years.

2 months ago | csis.org | Benjamin Jensen |Mark Montgomery |Futures Lab

After Ukraine and Russia’s agreement to a Black Sea ceasefire as part of broader talks being brokered by the United States in Saudi Arabia, the next step is to design a coalition maritime force to secure the peace. This force will need multiple layers of defense, intelligence sharing, and the ability to counter hostile acts—particularly those aimed at grain corridors, critical infrastructure, or coastal regions.

Mar 7, 2025 | csis.org | Benjamin Jensen |Mark Montgomery |Futures Lab

The scale of Russian aggression against NATO airspace after its initial invasion of Ukraine in 2014 has led the alliance to increase its aerial policing missions, adding efforts in Romania (Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base) and Bulgaria (Graf Ignatievo Airforce Base). Each of these missions consists of the persistent presence of a squadron minus fighter aircraft (i.e., 4–6 aircraft) and 100–200 support personnel that operate alongside a similar number of host nation platforms.

Dec 3, 2024 | foreignpolicy.com | Mark Montgomery |John Hardie

Argument An expert's point of view on a current event. Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump meet during the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, on June 28, 2019.

Jul 10, 2024 | csis.org | Mark Montgomery |Benjamin Jensen |Futures Lab

This series—featuring scholars from the Futures Lab, the International Security Program, and across CSIS—explores emerging challenges and opportunities that NATO is likely to confront after its 75th anniversary. In the future, NATO will need to field a larger, more capable fleet that can deny Russia the ability to hold member states at risk in the maritime domain and degrade Moscow’s ability to conduct long-range cruise missile strikes.