National Security

How is the Army modernizing?

Tuesday, Sep 24, 2019 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

Brookings Institution

Washington, DC

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U.S. President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping shake hands

Op-Ed

Preventing Cold War II

Kemal Derviş

Wednesday, September 11, 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in visit the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Panmunjom, South Korea, June 30, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RC147119FEC0

Order from Chaos

America should not ask South Korea to host intermediate-range missiles

Michael E. O’Hanlon and Jung H. Pak

Thursday, September 5, 2019

Spanish Army soldiers attend during NATO enhanced Forward Presence battle group military exercise Reaper Raider in Lielvarde, Latvia August 7, 2019. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins - RC14F91762F0

Defense & Security

Can America still protect its allies? How to make deterrence work

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Foreign Affairs September/October 2019

Reports

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

National Security

Brookings experts on Trump’s National Security Strategy

Thursday, December 21, 2017

Blog Posts

Maps of Georgia, split into house of representatives districts, can be seen with headphones for phone banking at Republican gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp's campaign office during a phone banking event in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., November 5, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis - RC1CE0096190

FixGov

Political campaigns are the first line of defense in election security

Elaine Kamarck

Thursday, August 29, 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he departs for travel to the AMVETS convention in Kentucky from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, U.S. August 21, 2019. REUTERS/Tasos Katopodis - RC1586994E00

FixGov

Trump’s hostility to election security preparedness

Elaine Kamarck

Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Voters cast ballots for the midterm elections at a polling station set up at the West Des Moines Fire Station 18 in West Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., November 6, 2018. REUTERS/Scott Morgan - RC11EBA66390

FixGov

The federal-state disconnect in securing the 2016 election and how not to repeat it

Elaine Kamarck

Friday, August 23, 2019

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Events

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A conversation with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dunford

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

The Senkaku paradox: Risking great power war over small stakes

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

A legacy of service: 9/11 veterans continuing the tradition of George H.W. Bush and John McCain

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT

Washington, DC

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Experts

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Up Front

Are the kids alright? Saving and wealth accumulation among the millennial generation

William G. Gale

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

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Up Front

College sports joins the marketplace, with limits

Robert E. Litan

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Steven Pifer

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Multimedia

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

Lebanese Army soldiers ride on their military vehicles in Ras Baalbek

U.S. Foreign Policy

America’s track record in building foreign militaries

Mara Karlin and Fred Dews

Friday, February 23, 2018

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