Defense & Security

U.S. President Donald Trump walks along the Rose Garden as he returns from a day trip to Atlanta on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, U.S., April 28, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria - RTS14EJZ

Trump and the next terrorist attack

Daniel L. Byman

Wednesday, May 3, 2017

The Nimitz-class U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson transits the Philippine Sea while conducting a bilateral exercise with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force April 23, 2017. Picture taken April 23, 2017. U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Z.A. Landers/Handout via REUTERSTHIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTSFOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - RTS14738

How to ensure that the U.S. Navy remains effective

Wednesday, May 3, 2017

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a joint news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel following their talks at the Bocharov Ruchei state residence in Sochi, Russia, May 2, 2017. REUTERS/Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool - RTS14T2Q

Why Putin needs a praetorian guard

Wednesday, May 3, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump holds a joint news conference with Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 20, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein - RTS137WA

President Trump, don’t ignore Libya

Federica Saini Fasanotti

Monday, May 1, 2017

Djibouti's President Ismail Omar Guelleh (R) welcomes U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis (3rd L), U.S. Marine Corps General Thomas Waldhauser (2nd L) and U.S. Embassy Charge d'Affaires Mark Boulware (L) at the Presidential Palace in Djibouti April 23, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RTS13KNK

Africa in the news: Nigeria introduces new foreign exchange window, U.S. Defense Secretary visits Djibouti, and Burundi denies access to WFP convoy

Friday, April 28, 2017

Military vehicles carry missiles with characters reading "Pukkuksong" during a military parade marking the 105th birth anniversary of country's founding father Kim Il Sung, in this undated photo, released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), April 16, 2017. Picture taken April 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. 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. - RTS12PR7

The threat from North Korea

Jonathan D. Pollack

Monday, April 24, 2017

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Tackling crime and illicit economies isn’t just a technical exercise—it’s an intensely political one

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Thursday, April 20, 2017

Afghan local police (ALP) keep watch at a checkpoint at Chardara district, in Kunduz province, Afghanistan June 23, 2015. Afghan government forces regained control of a key district near the northern city of Kunduz on Tuesday, after Taliban fighters had threatened to capture a provincial capital for the first time since being driven from power in 2001. REUTERS/Stringer - RTX1HQEK

How predatory crime and corruption in Afghanistan underpin the Taliban insurgency

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Tuesday, April 18, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida, for the Good Friday holiday and Easter weekend, April 13, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas - RTX35HM2

If Trump really wants to improve relations with Russia, he should persuade NATO to stop expanding

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Friday, April 14, 2017

Yukiya Amano, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), speaks during the Opening Meeting of the 2015 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) at United Nations headquarters in New York, April 27, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Segar - RTX1AHVI

Big debates at U.N. nuclear weapons ban treaty negotiations

Alicia Sanders-Zakre and Steven Pifer

Wednesday, April 12, 2017