Defense & Security

U.S. army soldiers attend an official welcoming ceremony for U.S. troops deployed to Poland as part of NATO build-up in Eastern Europe in Zagan, Poland, January 14, 2017. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC182E794160

A report from NATO’s front lines

Michael E. O’Hanlon and Christopher Skaluba

Thursday, June 13, 2019

A U.S. Special Forces soldier talks to Colombian soldiers at a militarybase during training in Saravena, Arauca province, February 7, 2003. Atleast 70 U.S. soldiers are in Saravena training Colombian army troopsto combat leftist rebels. REUTERS/Eliana AponteEA/ME - RP3DRINWHOAA

Advancing U.S. interests through security cooperation

Adam Twardowski

Tuesday, June 11, 2019

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks with European Council President Donald Tusk in Brussels, Belgium, June 5, 2019. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir - RC1ECA5FFC30

NATO’s Ukraine challenge

Thursday, June 6, 2019

2020 Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg speaks during a town hall meeting in Fort Dodge, Iowa, U.S., April 16, 2019. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage - RC17753C0590

America’s global role: An ongoing debate

Wednesday, June 5, 2019

General Joseph Dunford at Brookings

At Brookings, Gen. Joseph Dunford comments on threats from Russia, China, North Korea, and beyond

Adam Twardowski

Tuesday, June 4, 2019

A Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) fighter rides in a military vehicle at the Iraqi-Syrian border near al-Qaim, Iraq, November 26, 2018. Picture taken November 26, 2018. REUTERS/Alaa al-Marjani - RC13847779F0

How US-Iran tensions could disrupt Iraq’s fragile peace

Thursday, May 23, 2019

Palestinian boys sit atop the ruins of a house that witnesses said was destroyed by Israeli shelling during a 50-day war last summer, in the east of Gaza City May 12, 2015. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - GF10000092322

What we can learn from yet another round of conflict in Gaza

Eyal Tsir Cohen

Thursday, May 16, 2019

Japan Coast Guard vessel PS206 Houou sails in front of Uotsuri island, one of the disputed islands, called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, in the East China Sea August 18, 2013. Boats carrying about 20 members of a Japanese nationalist group headed back to port on Sunday after sailing near tiny islands in the East China Sea that are at the centre of a dispute between Japan and China. The boats ships were surrounded by about 10 Japanese coast guard vessels when they approached within 1 nautical mile of the islands on Sunday morning. Coast guard crews in rubber boats urged them to leave through loudspeakers. REUTERS/Ruairidh Villar (JAPAN - Tags: MARITIME POLITICS) - GM1E98I1MSV01

How to keep small disputes from escalating to conflict between the US and China or Russia

Monday, May 13, 2019

A man watches Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing to the nation, on TV screens inside a showroom in Mumbai, India, March 27, 2019. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas - RC1B207CBD20

India’s anti-satellite test presents a window of opportunity for the Trump administration

Friday, May 10, 2019

A robot is pictured as activists from the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, a coalition of non-governmental organisations opposing lethal autonomous weapons or so-called 'killer robots', stage a protest at Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, March, 21, 2019. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse - RC1287E208A0

It’s time to start thinking about governance of autonomous weapons

Darrell M. West and Jack Karsten

Friday, May 10, 2019