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Mark Montgomery

Senior Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies

Mark Montgomery is a senior director and senior fellow at Foundation for Defense of Democracies. He served for 32 years in the U.S. Navy as a nuclear-trained surface warfare officer, retiring as a rear admiral in 2017. Among other assignments, he served as Director of Operations (J3) at U. S. Pacific Command and Commander of Carrier Strike Group 5 embarked on the USS George Washington stationed in Japan. He worked also as Policy Director for the Senate Armed Services Committee under the leadership of Senator John S. McCain.️
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Extend the Pentagon’s ban on China’s consumer drones

The rest of the federal government—and state and local agencies and even private-sector infrastructure companies—should quit using this Chinese technology.

  • Mark Montgomery
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Ban These Chinese Chipmakers from Pentagon Purchases

Congress should pass a proposed expansion of the law that keeps the federal government from buying certain companies’ products.

  • Maseh Zarif and Mark Montgomery
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Guam Needs Better Missile Defenses—Urgently

Here's a two-stage plan to harden this crucial island base against China's burgeoning missile arsenal.

  • Mark Montgomery, Riki Ellison and Bradley Bowman
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AUKUS: Good Goals, Bad Implementation

Now begins the real work for the United States and its democratic allies: cooperating to strengthen their eroding deterrence in the Indo-Pacific.

  • Bradley Bowman and Mark Montgomery