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U.S. Marines prepare for the "Rifle Salute" during the ceremonies honoring the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor at Kilo Pier on Joint Base Pearl Harbor - Hickam in Honolulu, Hawaii December 7, 2016. REUTERS/Hugh Gentry - RC197CC0F250

Happy birthday, Marine Corps

Wednesday, November 7, 2018

U.S. President Ronald Reagan (R) Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev sign the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty in the White House in Washington December 8, 1987. REUTERS/Dennis Paquin (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE - GF2E63U1K2L04

RIP INF: The end of a landmark treaty

Thursday, November 1, 2018

National flags of Russia and the U.S. fly at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia April 11, 2017. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov - RC1B182A80F0

After INF, is New START next to go?

Monday, October 29, 2018

Protesters shout slogans during a protest against the deteriorating economy in Taiz, Yemen,FIN October 4, 2018. REUTERS/Anees Mahyoub - RC1E6C218F90

It’s time to put the brakes on Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen

Daniel L. Byman and Michael E. O’Hanlon

Friday, October 26, 2018

Photo from the event: "The limits of punishment: Transitional justice and violent extremism"

Terrorists next door? Experts discuss how to respond when communities are overtaken by terrorist groups

Bradley S. Porter

Thursday, October 25, 2018

FILE PHOTO 8DEC87 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan (R) and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev sign the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty in the White House December 8 1987. Reagan was elected as the 40th U.S. president in 1980.CM - RP2DRHXTDDAC

Exiting Reagan’s historic INF treaty is a bad idea. Here’s how Trump should try to fix it.

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Thursday, October 25, 2018

FILE PHOTO - A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptor is launched during a successful intercept test, in this undated handout photo provided by the U.S. Department of Defense, Missile Defense Agency. U.S. Department of Defense, Missile Defense Agency/Handout via Reuters/File PhotoATTENTION 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. - S1AETZMKZCAA

As Russia and China improve their conventional military capabilities, should the US rethink its assumptions on extended nuclear deterrence?

Tuesday, October 23, 2018

An Afghan man casts his vote during the parliamentary election at a polling station in Kabul, Afghanistan October 21, 2018. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani - RC1117B06270

Ballots and bullets in Afghanistan

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Armed tribal Yemenis hold their weapons above their heads in a show of support for independent condidate Abdullah Al-Buchri in Koneib west of Sanaa April 26. Yemenis, still recovering from a bitter 1994 civil war, are due to cast votes on Sunday in parliamentary elections.YEMEN ELECTIONS - RP1DRICTBWAE

A brief history of America’s troubled relationship with Yemen

Monday, October 22, 2018

U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton answers questions from reporters after announcing that the U.S. will withdraw from the Vienna protocol and the 1955 "Treaty of Amity" with Iran as White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders looks on during a news conference in the White House briefing room in Washington, U.S., October 3, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC17A0C7F6B0

The Trump administration is preparing a major mistake on the INF Treaty

Friday, October 19, 2018