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Panelists at the March 25, 2019 Foreign Policy program event on maritime security.

How securing maritime commerce protects U.S. national security

Monday, April 1, 2019

On March 14, Brookings Senior Fellow Michael O’Hanlon spoke with Undersecretary of the United States Army Ryan McCarthy about the Army’s budget request, its operational outlook, and the role it will play in future defense strategy.

How does the army prepare for a new era of geopolitics?

Adam Twardowski

Friday, March 22, 2019

Ukrainian soldiers drive a military vehicle with a torn Ukrainian flag at a checkpoint near Slaviansk in eastern Ukraine July 3, 2014. About half the 130,000 residents of Slaviansk are thought to have fled since fighters who want eastern Ukraine incorporated into Russia took control of the city in April, a month after Moscow annexed the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea. Since then, government forces trying to end the rebellion in towns and cities across the Russian-speaking region have pounded separatist positions in and around Slaviansk. Picture taken July 3, 2014. REUTERS/Andrew Kravchenko/Pool (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MILITARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - GM1EA7414HR01

Five years after Crimea’s illegal annexation, the issue is no closer to resolution

Monday, March 18, 2019

Undated handout picture of U.S., Taliban and Qatar officials during a meeting for peace talks in Doha, Qatar. Qatari Foreign Ministry/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC1623E5FFE0

Amid peace talks, what’s next for Afghanistan?

Adam Twardowski

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to report, film or take pictures in Tehran. A trader speaks with a stock market official beneath the electronic board at the Tehran stock exchange September 15, 2010. While U.S. diplomats were busy upping Iran's economic punishment over nuclear activities Washington fears are aimed at making a bomb, Iranian shares, which might have been expected to fall, have, instead, gone through the roof. Picture taken September 15, 2010. To match Feature IRAN-ECONOMY/BOURSE REUTERS/Caren Firouz (IRAN - Tags: BUSINESS) - GM1E69U0R0301

How the Iran hostage crisis shaped the US approach to sanctions

Kate Hewitt and Richard Nephew

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

India's Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers patrol along the fenced border with Pakistan in Ranbir Singh Pura sector near Jammu February 26, 2019. REUTERS/Mukesh Gupta - RC1F4D99BF00

Are nuclear weapons keeping the India-Pakistan crisis from escalating—or making it more dangerous?

Caitlin Talmadge

Friday, March 8, 2019

Peace Corps Cambodia volunteers swear in at National Institute of Education in Phnom Penh April 4, 2007. Thirty English teachers, the first group of Peace Corps volunteers will serve in Cambodia teaching English at the upper secondary level and supporting teachers in Cambodian provinces and districts to improve their English language and teaching skills. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea (CAMBODIA) - GM1DUYSVRNAA

How a focus on national service can unify our divided country

General Stanley A. McChrystal (ret.) and Michael E. O’Hanlon

Tuesday, March 5, 2019

Members of the U.S. Marine Corps gather up a large U.S. flag before the Flavia Pennetta versus Roberta Vinci women's singles final match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, September 12, 2015. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri - GF10000203824

Why would a woman want to be a U.S. Marine?

Thursday, February 28, 2019

Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani and U.S. Vice President Mike Pence attend a meeting during the annual Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany February 16, 2019. REUTERS/Michael Dalder - RC138C945240

The new Afghanistan will be built on ceasefire solutions and Taliban trade-offs

Christopher D. Kolenda (Ret. Col.) and Michael E. O’Hanlon

Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Voters queue outside a polling centre before casting their ballots in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, December 30, 2018. REUTERS/Kenny Katombe - RC129A38C790

A roadmap for the United States in DRC and other budding African democracies

Michael E. O’Hanlon and Sasha Lezhnev

Friday, February 22, 2019