Defense & Security

Smoke rises after a landmine exploded as fighters of Syrian Democratic Forces are clearing roads after liberation of Raqqa, Syria October 18, 2017. REUTERS/Rodi Said - RC1CA83C2BB0

Raqqa has fallen. Has ISIS?

Thursday, October 19, 2017

A view of a bunker of Islamic State militants under the stadium in Raqqa, Syria October 18, 2017. REUTERS/Erik De Castro - RC17C8DD42D0

How the Islamic State will grapple with defeat in Raqqa

Daniel L. Byman

Thursday, October 19, 2017

Floral tributes are paid to the statues of North Korea founder Kim Il Sung and late leader Kim Jong Il by service personnel, working people, school youth and children on the occasion of the 72nd founding anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) in Pyongyang, North Korea in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on October 10, 2017. KCNA/via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA. - RC17E383C9D0

Ahead of Trump’s trip to Asia, what’s the right message for Seoul?

Tuesday, October 17, 2017

The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan stations, during a port visit to Hong Kong, China October 2, 2017. REUTERS/Bobby Yip - RC115F2A8D40

Is the Pentagon headed for a military readiness crisis?

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Thursday, October 12, 2017

Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers rest as they clean debris after Typhoon Hato hits in Macau, China August 25, 2017. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu - RC1E77B49EB0

Why China’s military facelift ahead of the Party Congress could be a sign of bigger changes

Tuesday, October 10, 2017

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits a Farm No. 1116 of KPA Unit 810 in this September 29, 2017 photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang. KCNA/via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THIS IMAGE. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. SOUTH KOREA OUT.

What’s really driving Kim Jong-un’s behavior?

Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Sailors aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) move pallets of supplies on the flight deck during a replenishment-at-sea with the fast combat support ship USNS Supply (T-AOE 6) for relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico on September 28, 2017. Picture taken on September 28, 2017. Courtesy Ryre Arciaga/U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC1F885AD890

Treat Puerto Rico hurricane like rebuilding Iraq and Afghanistan

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Monday, October 2, 2017

Members of the People's Security Council take part an anti-U.S. rally, in this September 23, 2017 photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang. KCNA via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THIS IMAGE. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. SOUTH KOREA OUT. - RC17C237CE60

Walking back from the brink with North Korea

Robert Einhorn and Michael E. O’Hanlon

Wednesday, September 27, 2017

A still image showing the Kuroshio Current around the coast of south east Asia, Japan and China taken from Perpetual Ocean, a visualization of some of the world's surface ocean currents from June 2005 through December 2007, supplied in this handout photo by NASA March 27, 2012. The visualization was produced using NASA/JPL's computational model called Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean, Phase II or ECC02, a high resolution model of the global ocean and sea-ice. REUTERS/NASA/Handout (UNITED STATES - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENT) 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 - GM1E83S0SNG01

5 questions Donald Trump needs to answer before traveling to Asia

Friday, September 22, 2017

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watches the launch of a Hwasong-12 missile in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on September 16, 2017. 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. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Diplomacy toward North Korea: Some good news

Jeffrey A. Bader

Monday, September 18, 2017