Michael E. O'Hanlon

James Mattis, U.S. Secretary of Defense, speaks with troops from the 56th Multifunctional Medical Battalion, 62nd Medical Brigade at Base Camp Donna in Donna, Texas, U.S., November 14, 2018. Master Sgt. Jacob Caldwel/U.S. Army/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC1C0229FF40

Mattis won’t attack Trump in book “Call Sign Chaos,” but you might want to go easy on him

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Tuesday, September 3, 2019

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA) hold a news conference to introduce "bipartisan legislation to expand background checks for sales and transfers of firearms" on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 8, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC1FD4305BF0

The national security case for stronger gun control policies

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Tuesday, August 20, 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, U.S. President Donald Trump's national security adviser John Bolton and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend a working dinner after the G20 leaders summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina December 1, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RC12B488DF80

Who will rule the twenty-first century?

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Sunday, August 18, 2019

A boy holds on to a plant as a United Nations helicopter takes off in the town of Koidu, Kono district in Eastern Sierra Leone December 18, 2014. Sierra Leone, neighbouring Guinea and Liberia are at the heart of the world's worst recorded outbreak of Ebola. Rates of infection are rising fastest in Sierra Leone, which now accounts for more than half of the 18,603 confirmed cases of the virus. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (SIERRA LEONE - Tags: HEALTH DISASTER) - GM1EACJ0G9V01

Stop the Ebola crisis in the Congo before it turns into global disaster

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Tuesday, August 6, 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump and President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan attend a dinner at the Art and History Museum at the Parc du Cinquantenaire during the NATO Summit in Brussels, Belgium July 11, 2018. Benoit Doppagne/Pool via REUTERS - RC1F1917F500

A Gaullist option for Turkey in NATO

Ömer Taşpınar and Michael E. O’Hanlon

Tuesday, June 18, 2019

An aerial photo shows Chinese marine surveillance ships Haijian No. 49 (front) and Haijian No.50 cruising in the East China Sea, as the islands known as the Senkaku isles in Japan and the Diaoyu islands in China are seen in the background, in this photo taken by Kyodo April 23, 2013. Tensions flared between Japan and its Asian neighbors after a group of Japanese lawmakers visited a shrine seen by China and South Korea as a symbol of Japan's past militarism, and Chinese patrol vessels played cat-and-mouse with a flotilla of Japanese nationalists near disputed islands in the East China Sea. Mandatory Credit. REUTERS/Kyodo (JAPAN - Tags: POLITICS) ATTENTION EDITORS - ) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. MANDATORY CREDIT. JAPAN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN JAPAN - GM1E94N1BH301

Defending the periphery of the West without going to war

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Sunday, June 2, 2019

A U.S. flag, hoisted at half-mast, to mourn victims of the Texas school mass shooting flies on the deck of the USS Milius (DDG69) guided-missile destroyer, at the U.S. naval base in Yokosuka, Japan May 22, 2018. REUTERS/Issei Kato TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1BA9CF7400

Donald Trump’s ‘cost plus 50 percent’ overseas base plan doesn’t make dollars or sense

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Tuesday, April 2, 2019

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, who many nations have recognised as the country's rightful interim ruler, waves as he arrives for a meeting with political leaders in Caracas, Venezuela, March 27, 2019. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado - RC1E7BD0CB80

America needs a new game plan for Venezuela

Michael E. O’Hanlon and Marcela Escobari

Thursday, March 21, 2019

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump gestures to supporters during a campaign rally at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S., November 5, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo - RC13BA61D600

America’s place in the world depends on conditions at home (and the middle class)

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Thursday, November 15, 2018

Congolese soldiers from the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) rest in Namoya, Maniema Province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, April 29, 2018. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic - RC1436F67280

The state of African security: No longer all about bad news

Michael E. O’Hanlon and Namarig Kram

Monday, August 6, 2018