Michael E. O'Hanlon

Syrian army soldiers walk along a street in Umm al-Mayazen, in the countryside of Deraa, Syria, July 10, 2018. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki - RC1740AD63D0

A 10-degree shift in Syria strategy

Ranj Alaaldin, Jason Fritz, Steven Heydemann, Bruce Jones, and Michael E. O’Hanlon

September 2018

Reimagining the U.S.-South Korea alliance

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

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

U.S. servicemen rest after an opening ceremony of the NATO-led military exercises "Noble Partner 2018" at Vaziani military base outside Tbilisi, Georgia, August 1, 2018. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili - RC1425E4A550

Unpacked: What Trump gets right and wrong about defense burden sharing

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Wednesday, August 1, 2018

Space Force: The pros and cons of creating a new military branch

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he addresses the Veterans of Foreign Wars 119th VFW national convention in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S., July 24, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Barria - RC1B6B27E100

A doctor’s guide to surviving Trump

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Wednesday, July 25, 2018

An update on Colombia

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM EDT

Russia's President Vladimir Putin (R) and U.S. President Donald Trump attend a meeting in Helsinki, Finland July 16, 2018. Sputnik/Alexei Nikolsky/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC1AA427BD00

Here’s what a Trump-Putin deal on Syria could look like

Steven Heydemann and Michael E. O’Hanlon

Monday, July 16, 2018

A convoy of U.S. troops, a part of NATO's reinforcement of its eastern flank, who are on their way from Germany to Orzysz in northeast Poland, drive through Sulejowek towards a military base in Wesola, near Warsaw, Poland, March 28, 2017. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel - RC18B77382F0

What Trump gets wrong on allied burden-sharing

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Wednesday, July 11, 2018

TESS, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, is shown in this conceptual illustration obtained by Reuters on March 28, 2018. NASA plans to send TESS into orbit from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket set for blastoff sometime between April 16 and June on a two-year mission. NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC112CF93F70

Not so fast on a space force

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Friday, June 29, 2018