Defense & Security

People shop at a crowded market ahead of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in the old quarters of Delhi, India, October 11, 2022. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis

Demography, democracy, and India’s destiny?

Sadanand Dhume, Tanvi Madan, and Milan Vaishnav

Grand Tamasha

Tuesday, May 2, 2023

Chinese and Taiwanese flags are seen through broken glass in this illustration taken, April 11, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

How serious is the risk of war over Taiwan?

Richard C. Bush, Ryan Hass, and David Dollar

Monday, April 17, 2023

People hold the flag of the Aidar battalion near the wall of memory. "Volunteer's Day" was celebrated at the Wall of Memory of those who died for Ukraine, a commemoration of soldiers who died in the Russian-Ukrainian war. "Thanks to their courage and devotion to national interests, we managed to stop the aggressor country, to mobilise forces in the rear and arm the Ukrainian army". (Photo by Maksym Polishchuk / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

An update on Ukraine—security, economic, and humanitarian conditions

Constanze Stelzenmüller and David Dollar

Monday, March 20, 2023

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV-6) stands ready on May 15, 2020 for a scheduled launch tomorrow at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The USSF-7 mission for the U.S. Space Force will be the sixth flight of the OTV-6 space plane, an unmanned spacecraft which resembles a miniature version of NASA's retired space shuttle. (Photo by Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto)NO USE FRANCE

Lessons from the US Space Force on creating an agile talent model

Katharine Kelley, Jude Blanchette, and Ryan Hass

Thursday, November 10, 2022

Jul 19, 2022; Los Angeles, California, USA; Members of the military present the flag during the national anthem before the game between the American League and the National League at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports

How the Defense Department is pursuing a culture of innovation

Kathleen H. Hicks, Jude Blanchette, and Ryan Hass

Thursday, July 21, 2022

File photo - French President Emmanuel Macron (up) flies over Gao inside a military helicopter during a visit to France's Barkhane counter-terrorism operation in Africa's Sahel region, northern Mali, 19 May 2017. French President's visit in Mali is his first trip outside Europe since his inauguration on 14 May 2017. - The French army announced the "neutralization" in Mali, by the Barkhane force of Bah ag Moussa, military leader of the Rally for the Victory of Islam and Muslims (RVIM), a group affiliated with Al-Qaeda, and the one of the historical cadres of the jihadist movement in the Sahel. Photo by Christophe Petit Tesson/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

Debating al-Qaida

Daniel L. Byman, Asfandyar Mir, and Benjamin Wittes

The Lawfare Podcast

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

February 2, 2022 - Washington, DC, United States: Dr. Fiona Hill, Senior Fellow, Center on the United States and Europe, Brookings Institution, speaking at a hearing of the The Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as the Helsinki Commission. (Photo by Michael Brochstein/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

On “Unthinkable” and “There Is Nothing For You Here”

Fiona Hill and Rep. Jamie Raskin

NPR

Friday, March 11, 2022

Military personnel from the 82nd Airborne Division and 18th Airborne Corps board a C-17 transport plane for deployment to Eastern Europe, amid escalating tensions between Ukraine and Russia, at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, U.S., February 3, 2022. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

The Ukraine crisis: Will there be war?

Constanze Stelzenmüller and Alan Stoga

Power in the 21st century

Thursday, February 3, 2022

A service member of the Ukrainian armed forces walks in a trench at combat positions near the line of separation from Russian-backed rebels in the Donetsk region, Ukraine February 4, 2022. REUTERS/Oleksandr Klymenko

Understanding what’s happening in Ukraine

Thomas Wright and Hugh Linehan

Inside Politics

Wednesday, January 26, 2022

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock pose for a picture during a meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine January 17, 2022. Ukrainian Foreign Ministry/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Germany’s approach to Ukraine

Constanze Stelzenmüller, Jana Puglierin, Jim Townsend, and Andrea Kendall-Taylor

Brussels Sprouts

Tuesday, January 25, 2022