National Security

A Medical Examiner's Office employee and a unit of National Guard members walk near refrigerated trailers used as morgues on East 3oth Street near the Office of the New York City Chief Medical Examiner as the city prepares for a surge of COVID-19 cases requiring medical treatment; in New York , NY, USA on Wednesday, April 1, 2020. (Photo by Albin Lohr-Jones/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Order from Chaos

We should prepare now to send US armed forces to help police in hard-hit areas

John Allen, Michael E. O’Hanlon, Colonel Rick Fuentes, Paul Goldenberg, and John Donohue

Saturday, April 4, 2020

New York City Police officer with face mask on Fifth Avenue during the coronavirus pandemic in New York City, NY, USA on April 1, 2020. New York City has become the epicenter of coronavirus in the U.S with over 47,000 cases. The pandemic has forced millions of New Yorkers into their homes as local and state government enforce another 30 day stay-at-home order to try and flatten the curve. Photo by Charles Guerin/ABACAPRESS.COM

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

The military, policing, and COVID-19

John R. Allen, John Donohue, Colonel Rick Fuentes, Paul Goldenberg, and Michael E. O’Hanlon

April 2020

General Khalifa Haftar attends a news conference at Benina air base in Benghazi May 24, 2014. Haftar, a former Gaddafi ally who split with the autocrat in the 1980s, is the latest player to emerge in Libya's network of former fighters vying for control over parts of the country. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Order from Chaos

A foreign policy toward warlords

Daniel L. Byman and Israa Saber

Monday, March 30, 2020

Russian servicemen drive Yars RS-24 intercontinental ballistic missile systems during the Victory Day parade, which marks the anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in Red Square in central Moscow, Russia May 9, 2019. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov

Order from Chaos

As US-Russian arms control faces expiration, sides face tough choices

Steven Pifer

Monday, March 23, 2020

Reports

U.S. Marines Corps haul their gear out of a MV-22B Osprey that evacuated them to the USS Kearsarge aircraft carrier as U.S. military continues to leave the U.S. Virgin Islands in advance of Hurricane Maria, in the Caribbean Sea near the islands September 17, 2017. Picture taken on September 17, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake - RC1B0BC5AEB0

Policy 2020

Focusing on quality over quantity in the US military budget

Michael E. O’Hanlon and James N. Miller

Monday, December 2, 2019

British Prime Minister Theresa May and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker look at each other during a news conference in Strasbourg, France March 11, 2019. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler - RC17106DF9E0

Report

Trans-Atlantic Scorecard – April 2019

Friday, April 19, 2019

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the Paris Peace Forum

Report

Trans-Atlantic Scorecard – January 2019

Friday, January 18, 2019

Personnel work at the Air Force Space Command Network Operations & Security Center at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado July 20, 2010. U.S. national security planners are proposing that the 21st century's critical infrastructure -- power grids, communications, water utilities, financial networks -- be similarly shielded from cyber marauders and other foes. The ramparts would be virtual, their perimeters policed by the Pentagon and backed by digital weapons capable of circling the globe in milliseconds to knock out targets. To match Special Report USA-CYBERWAR/ REUTERS/Rick Wilking (UNITED STATES - Tags: MILITARY SCI TECH POLITICS) - GM1E6A51SA301

Technology & Innovation

The implications of artificial intelligence for national security strategy

Mara Karlin

Thursday, November 1, 2018

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and U.S. President Donald Trump

Report

Trans-Atlantic Scorecard – September 2018

Monday, September 17, 2018

Blog Posts

Order from Chaos

A reading list from Brookings Foreign Policy while you practice social distancing

Madiha Afzal, Daniel L. Byman, Adrien Chorn, Sam Denney, Katherine Elgin, James Goldgeier, Emilie Kimball, James Kirchick, Caroline Klaff, Filippos Letsas, Michael E. O’Hanlon, Ted Reinert, Bruce Riedel, and Amanda Sloat

Friday, March 20, 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin watches a navy exercise and the test launches of nuclear-capable Kinzhal and Kalibr missiles, on board of the Russian Northern fleet's Marshal Ustinov missile cruiser, in the Black Sea off Crimea's coast.

Order from Chaos

Crimea: Six years after illegal annexation

Steven Pifer

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

Security officers keep watch in front of an AI (Artificial Intelligence) sign at the annual Huawei Connect event in Shanghai, China September 18, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song

Order from Chaos

The evolution of artificial intelligence and future of national security

Lori Robinson and Michael E. O’Hanlon

Monday, March 16, 2020

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Events

2020

Mar

Past Event

CANCELED – A conversation on national security with General David Petraeus

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

Defending NATO’s eastern flank: A conversation on Russia with Estonia’s minister of defense

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EST

Congress and defense policy: A conversation with Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Texas

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

Washington, DC

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Building Militaries in Fragile States: Challenges for the United States

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Experts

Daniel L. Byman

Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Middle East Policy

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Steven Pifer

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence, Center on the United States and Europe, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Initiative

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Strobe Talbott

Distinguished Fellow in Residence - Foreign Policy

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Multimedia

Sen. Chris Van Hollen speaks at Brookings.

Order from Chaos

Highlights: Sen. Van Hollen discusses US defense and foreign policy at Brookings

Adam Twardowski

Friday, November 15, 2019

FILE PHOTO: A Long March-3B rocket carrying Chang'e 4 lunar probe takes off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province, China December 8, 2018. To match Insight SPACE-ARGENTINA/CHINA REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. CHINA OUT. - RC17C71252C0

Order from Chaos

Highlights: Experts discuss how the US can promote security in outer space

Sonia Alvarez, Josaiah Bonwell, Leah Dreyfuss, and Joseph Stevens

Friday, August 9, 2019

A woman exits the voting booth after filling out her ballot for the U.S presidential election at the James Weldon Johnson Community Center in the East Harlem neighbourhood of Manhattan, New York City, U.S. November 8, 2016. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly - D1BEULQVQHAB

2018 Midterms

The real security threat to the 2018 midterm elections is low voter confidence

Susan Hennessey

Friday, October 19, 2018

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