Defense & Security

A flag is pictured outside the Permanent Mission of North Korea in Geneva, Switzerland, November 17, 2017. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse - RC15D44B3F50

Navigating options on North Korea

Richard C. Bush and Michael E. O’Hanlon

Monday, January 22, 2018

A man walks past a street monitor showing a news report about North Korea's missile launch, in Tokyo, Japan, November 29, 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai - RC14E67BAE70

Americans and Japanese are pessimistic about ending North Korea’s nuclear program and oppose military options. Where does that leave them?

Shibley Telhami

Monday, January 22, 2018

The USS Nimitz, USS Kitty Hawk and USS John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Groups transit in formation during a joint photo exercise during exercise Valiant Shield 2007 in the Pacific Ocean in this August 14, 2007 handout photo. The aerial formation consists of aircraft from the carrier strike groups as well as Air Force aircraft. Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Stephen W. Rowe/U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC1BE2E09CE0

On the 2018 National Defense Strategy

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Sunday, January 21, 2018

U.S. Secretary for Defense, Jim Mattis, sits opposite Britain's Secretary of State for Defence, Gavin Williamson, before a meeting at the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in central London, Britain November 10, 2017. REUTERS/Simon Dawson - RC1A8163C750

How to read the 2018 National Defense Strategy

Sunday, January 21, 2018

The U.S. Capitol building is lit at dusk ahead of planned votes on tax reform in Washington, U.S., December 18, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RC1E477B1960

Avoiding the self-inflicted wound of a federal shutdown isn’t hard

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Thursday, January 18, 2018

Russian army parade marking the World War II anniversary in Moscow

Arms and the men

Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Head of North Korean delegation Ri Son Gwon, Chairman of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Country (CPRC) of DPRK, reaches out to shake hands with a South Korean official as he crosses a concrete border to attend their meeting at the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas, South Korea, January 9, 2018. REUTERS/Korea Pool - RC11892B1F30

Olympic dialogue: What’s realistic for the two Koreas?

Katharine H.S. Moon

Tuesday, January 9, 2018

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (L) and Canada's Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland take part in a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, December 19, 2017. REUTERS/Blair Gable - RC122CAB46E0

Another opportunity for diplomacy on North Korea

Monday, January 8, 2018

North KoreaÕs government officers depart for this year's first weekly Friday's labor workday at a farm near Pyongyang, in this photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang January 5, 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. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS. SOUTH KOREA OUT. - RC1DF83C9D90

America has military options for North Korea—but they’re all bad

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Monday, January 8, 2018

A flag flutters amid cables of illegal electricity connections at a low-income neighborhood in Karachi, Pakistan August 12, 2017. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro - RC132EB1C580

Why Pakistan supports terrorist groups, and why the US finds it so hard to induce change

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Friday, January 5, 2018