Defense & Security

TESS, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, is shown in this conceptual illustration obtained by Reuters on March 28, 2018. NASA plans to send TESS into orbit from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket set for blastoff sometime between April 16 and June on a two-year mission. NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC112CF93F70

Not so fast on a space force

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Friday, June 29, 2018

A U.S. Navy personnel walks among F/A 18 aircraft on the flight deck of the USS Theodore Roosevelt at Changi Navy Base in Singapore October 24, 2015. The aircraft carrier and its strike group of 7 ships and 80 aircraft docked in Singapore on Saturday after completing a deployment to the Arabian Gulf for the last 7 months. REUTERS/Edgar Su - GF20000030490

How the ballooning federal debt threatens U.S. defense

Wednesday, June 27, 2018

Members of the Texas National Guard wait for Governor Greg Abbott to speak about security on the Mexico-U.S. border at Sergeant Tomas Garces Texas Army National Guard Armory in Weslaco, Texas, U.S., April 12, 2018. REUTERS/Loren Elliott - RC1FFD3AC1E0

Secretary Mark Esper and the future of the U.S. Army

Monday, June 25, 2018

A flag of Islamic State militants is pictured above a destroyed house near the Clock Square in Raqqa, Syria October 18, 2017. Picture taken October 18, 2017. REUTERS/Erik De Castro - RC159E696010

Where will the Islamic State go next?

Daniel L. Byman

Monday, June 25, 2018

A U.S. Marine(C) talks with Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers during a training in Helmand province, Afghanistan, July 5, 2017.REUTERS/Omar Sobhani - RC1BC4EF5970

Before you help a fragile state’s military, ask these uncomfortable questions

Friday, June 22, 2018

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gives field guidance at the Sci-Tech Complex, in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang October 28, 2015. REUTERS/KCNA

Kim Jong-un’s tools of coercion

Thursday, June 21, 2018

A battery of U.S manned Patriot missiles protect a nearby British andU.S airbase in Kuwait March 16, 2003. Aircraft from the U.S. andBritain are continuing to enforce the no fly zone over southern Iraq.REUTERS/Russell BoyceRUS - RP3DRILHYNAA

If Trump is serious about addressing the Iranian ballistic missile threat, he should enhance multilateral missile defense cooperation with Gulf states

Wednesday, June 20, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un walk together before their working lunch during their summit at the Capella Hotel on the resort island of Sentosa, Singapore June 12, 2018. Picture taken June 12, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC116285B8A0

Don’t dismiss the Trump-Kim summit so quickly

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Saturday, June 16, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore June 12, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC1BF3A56C10

Around the halls: Brookings experts react to the Trump-Kim Jong-un summit in Singapore

Jung H. Pak, Jonathan D. Pollack, Evans J.R. Revere, Robert Einhorn, Ryan Hass, Richard Nephew, Katharine H.S. Moon, Jonathan Stromseth, Michael E. O’Hanlon, Tarun Chhabra, and Jeffrey A. Bader

Tuesday, June 12, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump walks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore June 12, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC13FC8C39E0

What Kim Jong-un and Trump each achieved in Singapore

Jeffrey A. Bader

Tuesday, June 12, 2018