Defense & Security

Nuclear Weapons and American Grand Strategy

By Francis J. Gavin

2020

Iranian protesters demonstrate following a tribute for the victims of Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737 in front of the Amirkabir University in the capital Tehran, on January 11, 2020.Photo By Ali Shaeigan/Parspix/ABACAPRESS.COM

Order from Chaos

The US-Iran crisis has calmed down — but things won’t ever go back to how they were before

Christopher Clary and Caitlin Talmadge

Friday, January 17, 2020

An Iranian flag flutters in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna, Austria September 9, 2019. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger - RC13159EFD90

Policy 2020

Averting a new Iranian nuclear crisis

Robert Einhorn

Friday, January 17, 2020

A US Air Force missile maintenance team removes the upper section of an intercontinental ballistic missile with a nuclear warhead in an undated USAF photo at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana. Reviews of the U.S. nuclear arsenal show significant changes are needed to ensure the security and effectiveness of the force, a Defense Department report said November 14, 2014. REUTERS/USAF/Airman John Parie/handout via Reuters (UNITED STATES - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS) 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

Order from Chaos

Deterrence, modernization, and alliance cohesion: The case for extending New START with Russia

Frank A. Rose

Thursday, January 16, 2020

Reports

U.S. long range air defence systems Patriot (R) and British radar Giraffe AMB are displayed during Toburq Legacy 2017 air defence exercise in the military airfield near Siauliai, Lithuania, July 20, 2017. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins - RC1B20807F00

Technology & Innovation

AI in the aether: Military information conflict

Tom Stefanick

Wednesday, December 4, 2019

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy listens during a bilateral meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York City, New York, U.S., September 25, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC1BBB443CF0

Report

Trans-Atlantic Scorecard – October 2019

Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Japan

The stress test: Japan in an era of great power competition

Richard C. Bush, Lindsey Ford, Ryan Hass, Adam P. Liff, Michael E. O’Hanlon, Jonathan D. Pollack, Mireya Solís, Bruce Jones, Laura McGhee, and Ted Reinert

October 2019

The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter destroyer JS Hyuga sail in formation with 16 other ships from the U.S. Navy and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force as aircraft from the U.S. Air Force and Japan Air Self-Defense Force fly overhead in formation during Keen Sword in the Philippine Sea November 8, 2018. Picture taken November 8, 2018. Courtesy Kaila V. Peters/U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS. ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC15D8F9E720

Report

China, the gray zone, and contingency planning at the Department of Defense and beyond

Michael E. O’Hanlon

September 2019

Security cameras in Tiananmen square are seen in front of flags on the Great Hall of the People where the National People's Congress (NPC) is being held, in Beijing, China, March 11, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon - GF10000341408

Report

Is China prepared for global terrorism?

Daniel L. Byman and Israa Saber

September 2019

Blog Posts

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during the cabinet meeting in Tehran, Iran, January 15, 2020. Official President website/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

Order from Chaos

Is deterrence restored with Iran?

Daniel L. Byman

Thursday, January 16, 2020

WASHINGTON, USA - The US Secretary of Defense Dr. Mark T. Esper speaks to the press during a press conference at the Pentagon Information Room in Washington, DC, on January 7, 2020. Mark Esper justified the military operation that, last Friday, ended the life of Iranian General Soleimani when he was in Baghdad. In addition, he explained that the US does not seek to start a war, but ?is prepared to end one? in case a conflict erupts

Order from Chaos

Why did the Pentagon ever give Trump the option of killing Soleimani?

Alice Friend, Mara Karlin, and Loren Dejonge Schulman

Tuesday, January 14, 2020

U.S. Army soldiers, assigned to the East Africa Response Force (EARF), 101st Airborne Division await takeoff on a mission to bolster the security of Manda Bay Airfield, Kenya after an attack by Somalia's al Shabaab militants that killed three Americans, are seen aboard a transport plane in Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti January 5, 2020. Picture taken January 5, 2020. U.S. Air Force/Senior Airman Daniel Hernandez/Handout via REUTERS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Order from Chaos

8 truths to remember before starting another military campaign

Eric Reid

Monday, January 13, 2020

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Order from Chaos

Highlights: Assessing China’s role in East Asia

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Thursday, December 12, 2019

American paratrooper cleans his gun at Army base camp in Beirut, Lebanon. Credit: Library of Congress

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