Defense & Security

The lobby of the CIA Headquarters Building in Langley, Virginia, U.S. on August 14, 2008. REUTERS/Larry Downing/File Photo TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTX2UDJ7

The CIA’s overlooked intelligence victory in the 1967 War

Tuesday, May 30, 2017

A soldier carries blocks of cocaine to a pile for incineration at a naval base in Matamoros, in Tamaulipas state April 29. Mexican authorities today burnt a 9,871kg haul of Colombian cocaine which was found inside a tanker truck heading for the United states last week. They also incinerated 3,891kg of marijuana. The near ten ton haul represents almost a third of Mexico's average annual cocaine seizures. - RTXHK4Z

Hooked: Mexico’s violence and U.S. demand for drugs

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Tuesday, May 30, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump reacts as he speaks beside NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the start of the NATO summit at their new headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, May 25, 2017.REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RTX37MBY

Trump’s abandonment of NATO in Brussels

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Monday, May 29, 2017

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir delivers a speech during the launch of the National Dialogue committee in Juba, South Sudan May 22, 2017. REUTERS/Jok Solomun - RTX370U1

Africa in the news: South Sudan’s ceasefire, Tanzanian mining sector’s audit, and Macron’s Mali visit

Friday, May 26, 2017

U.S. Army General John Nicholson, commander of Resolute Support forces and U.S. forces in Afghanistan, talks to U.S. soldiers during a transfer of authority ceremony at Shorab camp, in Helmand province, Afghanistan April 29, 2017. Picture taken April 29, 2017. REUTERS/James Mackenzie - RTS14IL2

America’s Afghanistan problem: It’s not just about sending more troops

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Thursday, May 25, 2017

US Rep Mac Thornberry with Brookings expert Michael O'Hanlon

Rep. Mac Thornberry: We have cut defense too much

Wednesday, May 24, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers a speech during Arab-Islamic-American Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia May 21, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTX36UI6

Want a new counterterrorism strategy? Be careful what you wish for

Eric Rosand and Alistair Millar

Tuesday, May 23, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump steps from Air Force One upon his arrival at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, U.S., May 17, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RTX36A3C

Trump’s NATO Article 5 problem

Wednesday, May 17, 2017

U.S. troops arrive at the site of a suicide bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, June 30, 2015. At least 17 people were wounded in a suicide bomb attack on NATO troops as their truck convoy passed down the main road running between Kabul's airport and the U.S. embassy, police and health ministry officials said. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani - RTX1IFEU

Time for a (mini) surge in Afghanistan

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Wednesday, May 17, 2017

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reacts with members of the Korean People's Army in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on May 15, 2017. KCNA via REUTERS REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. EDITORIAL USE ONLY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THIS IMAGE. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. SOUTH KOREA OUT. - RTX35VOI

How to work with Seoul and Beijing on the North Korean nuclear problem

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Tuesday, May 16, 2017