Defense & Security

Members of South Korea and U.S. Special forces take part in a joint military exercise conducted by South Korean and U.S. special forces troops at Gunsan Air Force base in Gunsan, South Korea, November 12, 2019. Photo taken November 12, 2019. Capt. David J. Murphy/U.S. Air Force/DVIDS/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY

Don’t gut the US-South Korea alliance

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Thursday, January 23, 2020

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson welcome France's President Emmanuel Macron at the NATO leaders summit in Watford, Britain December 4, 2019. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/Pool

Trans-Atlantic Scorecard – January 2020

Thursday, January 23, 2020

Unmaking the presidency

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EST

Cvr: Nuclear Weapons and American Grand Strategy

Nuclear Weapons and American Grand Strategy

By Francis J. Gavin

2020

Iranian protesters demonstrate following a tribute for the victims of Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737 in front of the Amirkabir University in the capital Tehran, on January 11, 2020.Photo By Ali Shaeigan/Parspix/ABACAPRESS.COM

The US-Iran crisis has calmed down — but things won’t ever go back to how they were before

Christopher Clary and Caitlin Talmadge

Friday, January 17, 2020

An Iranian flag flutters in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna, Austria September 9, 2019. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger - RC13159EFD90

Averting a new Iranian nuclear crisis

Friday, January 17, 2020

A US Air Force missile maintenance team removes the upper section of an intercontinental ballistic missile with a nuclear warhead in an undated USAF photo at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana. Reviews of the U.S. nuclear arsenal show significant changes are needed to ensure the security and effectiveness of the force, a Defense Department report said November 14, 2014. REUTERS/USAF/Airman John Parie/handout via Reuters (UNITED STATES - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Deterrence, modernization, and alliance cohesion: The case for extending New START with Russia

Thursday, January 16, 2020

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during the cabinet meeting in Tehran, Iran, January 15, 2020. Official President website/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

Is deterrence restored with Iran?

Daniel L. Byman

Thursday, January 16, 2020

WASHINGTON, USA - The US Secretary of Defense Dr. Mark T. Esper speaks to the press during a press conference at the Pentagon Information Room in Washington, DC, on January 7, 2020. Mark Esper justified the military operation that, last Friday, ended the life of Iranian General Soleimani when he was in Baghdad. In addition, he explained that the US does not seek to start a war, but ?is prepared to end one? in case a conflict erupts

Why did the Pentagon ever give Trump the option of killing Soleimani?

Alice Friend, Mara Karlin, and Loren Dejonge Schulman

Tuesday, January 14, 2020

U.S. Army soldiers, assigned to the East Africa Response Force (EARF), 101st Airborne Division await takeoff on a mission to bolster the security of Manda Bay Airfield, Kenya after an attack by Somalia's al Shabaab militants that killed three Americans, are seen aboard a transport plane in Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti January 5, 2020. Picture taken January 5, 2020. U.S. Air Force/Senior Airman Daniel Hernandez/Handout via REUTERS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.

8 truths to remember before starting another military campaign

Monday, January 13, 2020