Michael E. O'Hanlon

Soldiers wear face masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at an event to mark the 62nd anniversary of the Second Taiwan Strait crisis in Kinmen, Taiwan, August 23, 2020. REUTERS/Ann Wang

Tell me how the US-China war ends

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Monday, January 17, 2022

U.S. President Joe Biden and Russia's President Vladimir Putin meet for the U.S.-Russia summit at Villa La Grange in Geneva, Switzerland, June 16, 2021. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/Pool

Russian threat requires flexible and creative solutions: Here are two suggestions

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Monday, January 17, 2022

Officials, including Afghan former President Hamid Karzai and the Taliban's deputy leader and negotiator Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, attend the Afghan peace conference in Moscow, Russia March 18, 2021. Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via REUTERS

It’s time for the West to engage with the Taliban

Michael E. O’Hanlon, Rory Stewart, and Obaid Younossi

Thursday, December 16, 2021

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba pose for a photo prior to a meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, April 13, 2021. Francisco Seco/Pool via REUTERS

Russia-Ukraine conflict: America needs a better idea than NATO expansion to keep the peace

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Tuesday, December 14, 2021

Military helicopters carrying tremendous Taiwan flags conduct a flyby rehearsal ahead of National Day celebration, near Taipei 101 , amid escalating tensions between Taipei and Beijing, China, in Taipei, Taiwan 7 October 2021. Taiwan has been constantly building fosters with the US, Japan, Australia, UK, and some other European countries such as Poland, Lithuania, Czech Republic, France and Germany, with China increasing military pressure on Taiwan. (Photo by Ceng Shou Yi/NurPhoto)NO USE FRANCE

Here’s the strategy to prevent China from taking Taiwan

Michael E. O’Hanlon and David Ochmanek

Wednesday, December 8, 2021

Hand out photo dated September 11, 2020 of Royal Australian Navy, Republic of Korea Navy, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, and United States Navy warships sail in formation during the Pacific Vanguard 2020 exercise. Pacific Vanguard serves as an opportunity to exercise and improve multinational interoperability at all levels; to improve tactical proficiency; and to adapt to ever changing regional challenges. Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG 52) is underway conducting operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Pacific while assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navys largest forward-deployed DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleets principal surface force. Photo by Lieutenant Junior Grade Samuel Hardgrove/US Navy via ABACAPRESS.COM

The paradox of American power: Even when we’re losing, we’re winning

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Saturday, November 13, 2021

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Army General Martin Dempsey (L) listens as Army Chief of Staff General Raymond Odierno testifies before a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Defense Department proposals relating to military compensation, on Capitol Hill in Washington May 6, 2014. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY)

A “master carpenter” in the US Army

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Tuesday, October 12, 2021

An Afghnai girl holds the national flag of Afghanistan. Dozens of people (women's empowerment, LGBT+ and lesbians organizations) and members of the Afghani community of Toulouse organized a gathering and a protest in Toulouse to raise awereness about the Afghanistan's situation and mainly about Afghan' women dire situation under Taliban's rule. After the Trump's decision (and applied by Biden) to pull out all US soldiers from Aghanistan after 20 years of war, the lightning advance of Talibans towards Kabul and the seizure of it, thousands of Afghans tried to escape. The Afghani community and feminist organiszations are worried about girls and women situation under Taliban's rule.Toulouse. France. October 7th 2021. (Photo by Alain Pitton/NurPhoto)NO USE FRANCE

A preliminary verdict on Afghanistan strategy

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Tuesday, October 5, 2021

General Jacqueline Van Ovost appears before a Senate Committee on Armed Services hearing for her nomination to be Commander, United States Transportation Command, in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, Thursday, September 23, 2021. Credit: Rod Lamkey / CNP/Sipa USANo Use Germany.

Sen. Hawley’s “holds” on Biden nominees are hostage-taking, not policymaking

Michael E. O’Hanlon and Adam Twardowski

Tuesday, September 21, 2021

FILE PHOTO: U.S. soldiers, assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division, arrive to provide security in support of Operation Allies Refuge at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 20, 2021. Senior Airman Taylor Crul/U.S. Air Force/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

Biden’s blundered Afghanistan withdrawal requires keeping military in country

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Thursday, August 26, 2021