Defense & Security

South Korean President Moon Jae-in meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during their summit at the truce village of Panmunjom, North Korea, in this handout picture released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on May 27, 2018. 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. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. SOUTH KOREA OUT. - RC1FAB5E7670

The Korean nuclear roller coaster: Has time run out for a summit?

Jonathan D. Pollack

Tuesday, May 29, 2018

U.S. soldiers from D Troop of the 3rd Cavalry Regiment walk on hill after finishing with a training exercise near forward operating base Gamberi in the Laghman province of Afghanistan

Why war powers need an expiration date

Scott R. Anderson

Thursday, May 24, 2018

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un is seen as the newly developed intercontinental ballistic rocket Hwasong-15's test was successfully launched, in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang November 30, 2017. REUTERS/KCNA ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THIS IMAGE. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1D9D9D59A0

A step-by-step plan for denuclearizing North Korea

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Monday, May 14, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump displays a presidential memorandum after announcing his intent to withdraw from the JCPOA Iran nuclear agreement in the Diplomatic Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 8, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - HP1EE581FULTV

Around the Halls: Brookings experts discuss the implications of President Trump’s Iran nuclear deal announcement

Suzanne Maloney, Natan Sachs, Bruce Riedel, Daniel L. Byman, Hady Amr, Mara Karlin, Samantha Gross, Frank A. Rose, Richard Nephew, Steven Pifer, Célia Belin, Dror Michman, Tamara Cofman Wittes, Tanvi Madan, and Kadira Pethiyagoda

Tuesday, May 8, 2018

Somali government soldiers secure the scene of an attack on a restaurant by the Somali Islamist group al Shabaab in the capital Mogadishu, Somalia, October 1, 2016. REUTERS/Feisal Omar - S1BEUEMCYWAA

Somalia, facing severe challenges, also shows signs of hope

Thursday, May 3, 2018

A soldier of the Japanese advanced team watches as an Iraqi construction worker prepares a road for their base outside the town of Samawa, some 300kms south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad February 21, 2004. Japan kept security tight across the country on Saturday as its largest contingent of troops to date prepared to leave on a controversial mission to Iraq. REUTERS/Peter Andrews PA - RP4DRIASPQAA

Improving the relationship between security and development

Homi Kharas and Bruce Jones

Friday, April 27, 2018

South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attend a banquet on the Peace House at the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, South Korea, April 27, 2018. Korea Summit Press Pool/Pool via Reuters - RC1D1F072B50

After a modest step forward in the Korean Peninsula, how to think about nuclear weapons and sanctions

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Friday, April 27, 2018

Norio Tomine, Japan Airlines' (JAL) flight operations route planning director, points at a map of the Korean Peninsula showing a no-fly zone that would avoid an accident with North Korea's planned long-range rocket launch at JAL's pilot ready room at Haneda Airport in Tokyo April 11, 2012. Japanese airlines have made changes to flight routes in the east of the Philippines, where the North Korean missile's second-stage booster is expected to fall if the rocket is launched, following instructions from Philippine air authorities to close usual routes during North Korea's expected launch period, according to Tomine. The launch of the Unha-3 rocket, which North Korea says will merely put a weather satellite into space, has been condemned by its neighbours and the West as a long-range ballistic missile test. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao (JAPAN - Tags: TRANSPORT POLITICS) - GM1E84B1DXY01

Unpacking the unthinkable: Experts discuss North Korea scenarios

Thursday, April 26, 2018

U.S. Marine soldiers take a rest on top of a M1A1 battle tank. April 22, 2013. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY TRANSPORT) - GM1E94M14LE01

Time to show Russia a military parade—In Syria

Wednesday, April 25, 2018

A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bomber, being deployed to launch strikes as part of the multinational response to Syria's use of chemical weapons, is refuelled by a KC-135 tanker aircraft over an undisclosed location, April 14, 2018. U.S. Air Force/Handout via REUTERS. ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY - RC1C9014E3B0

An illusory victory: Was “mission accomplished” in Syria?

Dror Michman and Yael Mizrahi-Arnaud

Monday, April 23, 2018