Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology

2Lt William Liggett works at the Air Force Space Command Network Operations & Security Center at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado July 20, 2010. U.S. national security planners are proposing that the 21st century's critical infrastructure -- power grids, communications, water utilities, financial networks -- be similarly shielded from cyber marauders and other foes. The ramparts would be virtual, their perimeters policed by the Pentagon and backed by digital weapons capable of circling the globe in milliseconds to knock out targets. To match Special Report USA-CYBERWAR/ REUTERS/Rick Wilking (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW MILITARY SCI TECH POLITICS) - GM1E6A51S9901

Re-establishing U.S. Space Command is a great idea

Monday, January 7, 2019

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un gives field guidance during his visit to the under construction Yombunjin Hotel in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang July 17, 2018. KCNA via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS IMAGE. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. SOUTH KOREA OUT. - RC137035C710

North Korea may be willing to begin denuclearization, and Trump should make a deal

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Monday, January 7, 2019

U.S. forces are seen at the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) headquarters after it was hit by Turkish airstrikes in Mount Karachok near Malikiya, Syria April 25, 2017. REUTERS/ Rodi Said - RC12805A1220

Learning from Trump’s Syria debacle—What Congress can do

John R. Allen and Michael E. O’Hanlon

Monday, January 7, 2019

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis lands in Kabul on March 13, 2018 on an unannounced trip to Afghanistan. REUTERS/Phil Stewart - RC1B4D04B200

After Defense Secretary Jim Mattis leaves, what then? Some ideas for Afghanistan

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Saturday, December 22, 2018

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V 551 rocket blasts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, January 20, 2015. The unmanned rocket blasted off with a next-generation communications satellite designed to provide cellular-like voice and data services to U.S. military forces around the world. Picture taken using long exposure, looking over the campus of Florida Institute of Technologies in Melbourne, about 40 miles from the launch pad. REUTERS/Michael Brown (UNITED STATES - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY MILITARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - GM1EB1L0SXU01

How space-based missile defenses could make us less safe, not more

James N. Miller and Frank A. Rose

Friday, December 14, 2018

Flags of NATO member countires fly during a ceremony at the new NATO headquarters before the start of a summit in Brussels, Belgium, May 25, 2017. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann - RC1AE63D1910

Will Europe try to save the INF Treaty?

Thursday, December 13, 2018

A soldier salutes during ceremonies on Veteran's Day at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., November 11, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RC1EAE159A00

What does survey data about service members and veterans tell us? Experts discuss

Adam Twardowski

Tuesday, December 11, 2018

An aerial view of the coast of the Red Sea and the two islands of Tiran and Sanafir is pictured through the window of an airplane near Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt November 1, 2016. Picture taken November 1, 2016. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh - RC1B224A9E00

Getting America out of Middle East purgatory

Mara Karlin and Tamara Cofman Wittes

Tuesday, December 11, 2018

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks at the opening ceremony for the first China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai, China November 5, 2018. REUTERS/Aly Song/Pool - RC128E965F40

Experts discuss Pakistan’s Imran Khan’s first 100 days in office

Monday, December 10, 2018

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis conducts a replenishment-at-sea with the dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Charles Drew November 13, 2018. Picture taken November 13, 2018. Courtesy Nick Bauer/U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC1913660520

How much should the United States spend on defense?

James N. Miller and Michael E. O’Hanlon

Monday, December 10, 2018