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Got a thought-provoking opinion on a defense issue? We want to hear from you.

  • We welcome submissions of opinion articles on national security, defense spending, cyber security, weapons systems and related areas.
  • We welcome submissions from lawmakers, administration officials, industry representatives, military officials, academics, think tank experts, congressional candidates, international experts and others on issues important to the national defense community.
  • We welcome a diverse range of opinions all along the political spectrum.

Submissions must be exclusive to Defense Opinion and should be 650 to 800 words. We will not consider for publication opinion articles already submitted to other publications or posted online.

We will do our best to get back to you within three business days.

Please use our submission form to send us an op-ed for consideration.

(If the person submitting the op-ed is not the author, please indicate that here.)
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Submission length: 650 - 800 words