National Security

A smoke cloud rises moments after an air strike on the compound of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in the Idlib region of Syria in a still image from video October 26, 2019. Video picture taken October 26, 2019. U.S. Department of Defense/Handout via REUTERS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC179130A4B0

Order from Chaos

What we can learn about US intelligence from the Baghdadi raid

Eyal Tsir Cohen and Eliora Katz

Wednesday, November 6, 2019

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What does the future hold for America’s maritime forces?

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EST

Washington, DC

A U.S. Air Force F15-E fighter jet takes off from Incirlik airbase in the southern city of Adana, Turkey, December 11, 2015. REUTERS/Umit Bektas - GF10000262248

Order from Chaos

It’s time to get US nukes out of Turkey

Steven Pifer

Tuesday, November 5, 2019

2019

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Impeachment, foreign interference, and election security in 2020

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM EST

Washington, DC

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

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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

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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

A soldier from the U.S. Army's 1st Platoon, Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 36th Infantry Regiment, uses night vision goggles as soldiers meet with members of the Afghan local police at a checkpoint near Combat Outpost Hutal in Maywand District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, January 20, 2013. REUTERS/Andrew Burton (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY) - GM1E91L04Z701

Order from Chaos

Why we need a more modern and ready military, not a larger one

Michael E. O’Hanlon and James N. Miller

Friday, October 4, 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

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

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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

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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

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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

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America’s track record in building foreign militaries

Mara Karlin and Fred Dews

Friday, February 23, 2018

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Reports

A conversation with Sen. Van Hollen on US defense and foreign policy

The Navy in an era of great power competition

Impeachment: What happens now?

Stephen & Barbara Friedman Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Project on International Order and Strategy