Defense & Security

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects the defence detachment on Jangjae Islet and the Hero Defence Detachment on Mu Islet located in the southernmost part of the waters off the southwest front, in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on May 5, 2017. KCNA/ via REUTERSATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS IMAGE. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. - RTS15ACG

A way forward on North Korea?

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Thursday, June 22, 2017

Deutsche Bundesbank (German Federal Bank) President Jens Weidmann gives a keynote to the G20 Africa Partnership Investing in a Common Future Summit in Berlin, Germany June 13, 2017. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt - RTS16TJU

Africa in the news: Rwanda, Uganda, and Tanzania present budgets, Germany hosts G-20 Africa conference, and Macron meets West African presidents

Friday, June 16, 2017

A man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017. Capitalizing on spying tools believed to have been developed by the U.S. National Security Agency, hackers staged a cyber assault with a self-spreading malware that has infected tens of thousands of computers in nearly 100 countries. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration - RTX35OS0

Cyber threats and how the United States should prepare

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Moto taxis gather at a bus station that migrants often arrive at in Agadez, Niger, May 7, 2016. Picture taken May 7, 2016. To match Analysis EUROPE-MIGRANTS/AFRICA REUTERS/Joe Penney - RTSS2RO

In the eye of the storm: Niger and its unstable neighbors

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump departs after signing two bills boosting government support for law enforcement first responders, surrounded by law enforcement organization leaders at the White House in Washington, U.S. June 2, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RTX38RK6

At last: The Trump Doctrine, revealed

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Monday, June 5, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump tours the Global Center for Combatting Extremist Ideology in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia May 21, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RTX36W7G

The $110 billion arms deal to Saudi Arabia is fake news

Monday, June 5, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump reacts at the start of the NATO summit at their new headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, May 25, 2017. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann - RTX37LVG

Trump remains a NATO skeptic

Thursday, June 1, 2017

U.S President Donald Trump (C) follows Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May as NATO member leaders gather before the start of their summit in Brussels, Belgium, May 25, 2017. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke - RTX37MO6

Is Trump undoing trans-Atlantic relations?

Wednesday, May 31, 2017

An Israeli soldier patrols near the house where Hamas fighter Mohammad al-Fakih was shot dead by Israeli troops during a raid in the West Bank village of Surif, near Hebron July 27, 2016. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma - RTSJU39

How the 1967 War changed armed conflict in the Middle East

Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Israeli Air Force T-6 Texan II planes fly in formation during an aerial demonstration at a graduation ceremony for Israeli air force pilots at the Hatzerim air base in southern Israel December 29, 2016. REUTERS/Amir Cohen - RTX2WV2E

Sun Tzu, Clausewitz, and the 1967 War

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Tuesday, May 30, 2017