Michael E. O'Hanlon

Afghan Taliban's Minister of Virtue and Vice Sheikh Mohammad Khalid attends the death anniversary of Mullah Mohammad Omar, the late leader and founder of the Taliban in Kabul, Afghanistan, April 24, 2022. REUTERS/Ali Khara

Why the US must do a deal with the Taliban

Michael E. O’Hanlon and Lise Howard

Monday, July 4, 2022

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (C) meets with soldiers while inspecting destroyed structures during a visit to the embattled eastern region of Kharkiv.

Everyone’s talking about the endgame in Ukraine. Here’s how it might look.

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Friday, July 1, 2022

U.S. President Joe Biden walks with Sweden's Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson and Finland's President Sauli Niinisto to deliver remarks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U.S., May 19, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

Yes to Finland and Sweden in NATO

Michael E. O’Hanlon and Lauri Tähtinen

Monday, May 23, 2022

Cars drive along the Moskva river embankment near the walls of the Kremlin with the Foreign Ministry and the Moscow International Business Center also known as "Moskva-City", seen in the background in Moscow, January 27, 2015. Picture taken January 27, 2015. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev (RUSSIA - Tags: CITYSCAPE SOCIETY)

Weaken, but don’t ruin, Russia

Michael E. O’Hanlon and Melanie W. Sisson

Wednesday, May 18, 2022

Canadian troops of NATO enhanced Forward Presence battle group attend meeting with Canadian Defence Minister Anita Anand in Adazi, Latvia February 3, 2022. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins

NATO needs a better frontline defense in Eastern Europe

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Wednesday, April 13, 2022

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu attend a military exhibition before an expanded meeting of the Defence Ministry Board in Moscow, Russia December 21, 2021. Sputnik/Mikhail Metzel/Pool via REUTERS

Putin is angry, but he isn’t mad

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Wednesday, March 9, 2022

Flags of NATO member countries are seen at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, November 26, 2019. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

Saying Ukraine won’t be in NATO anytime soon isn’t a concession. It’s reality.

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Friday, February 18, 2022

Former U.S. President John F. Kennedy signs a proclamation for the interdiction of the delivery of offensive weapons to Cuba during the Cuban missile crisis, at the White House in Washington in this handout photograph taken on October 23, 1962. November 22, 2013 will mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Kennedy. REUTERS/Cecil Stoughton/The White House/John F. Kennedy Presidential Library (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS ANNIVERSARY) ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

The Cuban Missile Crisis provides a lesson to resolve the Ukraine crisis

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Thursday, February 10, 2022

MOSCOW, RUSSIA - JUNE 14, 2021: Russia's President Vladimir Putin gives an interview to NBC News at the Moscow Kremlin. Maxim Blinov/Russian Presidential Press and Information Office/TASS.No use Russia.

Why do we think we can read Putin’s mind on Ukraine?

Michael E. O’Hanlon and Ömer Taşpınar

Monday, January 31, 2022

Berlin, Germany.- German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (left) and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (right) attend a meeting of European Union defense ministers in Berlin, Germany on August 26, 2020. The meeting discusses missions and operations and the situation in Belarus and the eastern Mediterranean.

There is no NATO open-door policy

Michael E. O’Hanlon and Stephen Van Evera

Thursday, January 27, 2022