Defense & Security

Photo of the panel at a recent Brookings panel event on Asia.

Forecasting U.S.-Asia relations under Trump

Monday, April 10, 2017

U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) conducts strike operations while in the Mediterranean Sea which U.S. Defense Department said was a part of cruise missile strike against Syria on April 7, 2017. Ford Williams/Courtesy U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. EDITORIAL USE ONLY. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTX34HHA

A practical guide for avoiding fallacies on Syria

Saturday, April 8, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump (R) sits next to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson during a bilateral meeting with China's President Xi Jinping (Not Pictured) at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., April 7, 2017. - RTX34MB6

What the Syria strikes tell us about Trump’s foreign policy

Friday, April 7, 2017

A Syrian national flag flutters as Qasioun mountain is seen in the background from Damascus, Syria April 7, 2017. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki - RTX34I6K

Around the Halls: What Brookings experts are saying about the U.S. airstrikes on Syria

Daniel L. Byman, Michael E. O’Hanlon, John R. Allen, Natan Sachs, and Charles T. Call

Friday, April 7, 2017

U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) conducts strike operations while in the Mediterranean Sea which U.S. Defense Department said was a part of cruise missile strike against Syria on April 7, 2017. Ford Williams/Courtesy U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. EDITORIAL USE ONLY. - RTX34HHK

The pros and cons of the U.S. strikes against Syria

Charles T. Call

Friday, April 7, 2017

U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) conducts strike operations while in the Mediterranean Sea which U.S. Defense Department said was a part of cruise missile strike against Syria on April 7, 2017. Ford Williams/Courtesy U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. EDITORIAL USE ONLY. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTX34HGZ

What effect will Trump’s airstrikes really have?

Daniel L. Byman

Friday, April 7, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump welcomes Chinese President Xi Jinping at Mar-a-Lago state in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., April 6, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria - RTX34GN6

The Trump-Xi summit: A rocky relationship takes center stage

Michael E. O’Hanlon and James B. Steinberg

Friday, April 7, 2017

An injured person is helped by emergency services outside Sennaya Ploshchad metro station, following explosions in two train carriages at metro stations in St. Petersburg, Russia April 3, 2017. REUTERS/Anton Vaganov TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTX33XUA

9 questions to ask after a terrorist attack

Daniel L. Byman

Tuesday, April 4, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump attends a lunch with members of the U.S. military during a visit at the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) and Special Operations Command (SOCOM) headquarters in Tampa, Florida, U.S., February 6, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria - RTX2ZW4Z

Trump must recognize that national power goes beyond the military

Michael E. O’Hanlon and Alice M. Rivlin

Tuesday, April 4, 2017

Syrian Kurdish fighters ride a military vehicle in the town of Bashiqa, after it was recaptured from the Islamic State, east of Mosul, Iraq, November 12, 2016. Picture taken November 12, 2016. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari - RTX2TLWS

How to work with the Kurds—and Turkey—in Syria

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Friday, March 24, 2017