Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology

Members of the People's Security Council take part an anti-U.S. rally, in this September 23, 2017 photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang. KCNA via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THIS IMAGE. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. SOUTH KOREA OUT. - RC17C237CE60

Walking back from the brink with North Korea

Robert Einhorn and Michael E. O’Hanlon

Wednesday, September 27, 2017

A U.S. Border patrol agent opens a gate on the fence along the Mexico border to allow vehicles pass in El Paso, U.S. January 17, 2017. Picture taken January 17, 2017. REUTERS/Tomas Bravo - RC1DE38C8710

3 things Trump’s proposed border wall with Mexico wouldn’t accomplish

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Voters cast their votes during the U.S. presidential election in Elyria, Ohio, U.S. November 8, 2016. REUTERS/Aaron Josefczyk/File Photo - TM3ECBA16K501

Securing the vote is critical to preserving American democracy

Thursday, September 21, 2017

Voters look over their ballots at a fire station while a crew leaves on an emergency call during the U.S. presidential election in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., November 8, 2016. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - HT1ECB900D0DE

Can Washington protect America’s electoral process from the next cyberattack?

John R. Allen and Michael E. O’Hanlon

Tuesday, September 19, 2017

A visitor walks by snow covered Korean War Veterans Memorial sculptures

Catastrophe on the Yalu: America’s intelligence failure in Korea

Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Kurdish people celebrate to show their support for the upcoming September 25th independence referendum in Erbil, Iraq September 8, 2017. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari - RC1655D8A340

As independence vote nears, Iraqi Kurds play a risky game of chicken

Jon Alterman and Mara Karlin

Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Russian President Vladimir Putin is seen at a polling station during the municipal elections in Moscow, Russia, September 10, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Kadobnov/Pool - RC13DD8B2CA0

Test Putin’s proposal for U.N. peacekeepers

Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Employees of the Research Institute for Protective Technologies, Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection (WIS) inspect a dummy sample which is contaminated with a substance similar to the chemical weapon Sarin, during a demonstration in Munster October 15, 2013. The state-owned WIS is a reference laboratory for the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). Picture taken October 15, 2013. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY - Tags: MILITARY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) - BM2E9AG10D501

The Biological Weapons Convention at a crossroad

Wednesday, September 6, 2017

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un provides guidance with Ri Hong Sop (3rd L) and Hong Sung Mu (L) on a nuclear weapons program in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang September 3, 2017. 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. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS.

Despite H-bomb test, negotiate with North Korea—but from a position of strength

Ryan Hass and Michael E. O’Hanlon

Wednesday, September 6, 2017

An Afghan man inspects the site of a suicide attack followed by a clash between Afghan forces and insurgents after an attack on a Shi'ite Muslim mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 25, 2017. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTS1DATN

The 3 wars in Afghanistan

Wednesday, August 30, 2017