National Security

Scores of volunteers lay wreaths at the graves of fallen U.S. soldiers and veterans during the Wreaths Across America event at Western Carolina State Veterans Cemetery in Black Mountain on Dec. 14, 2019.2019 Wreaths Across America

The end of grand strategy: America must think small

Daniel W. Drezner, Ronald R. Krebs, and Randall Schweller

Foreign Affairs May/June 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump steps from Air Force One as he arrives at Raleigh-Durham International Airport in Morrrisville, North Carolina, U.S., July 27, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Where is Trump’s Missing War Powers Report?

Scott R. Anderson

Defense One Wednesday, April 8, 2020

U.S. State Secretary John Kerry speaks at the Ministerial meeting on Foreign Fighters during the White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism at the State Department in Washington February 19, 2015. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW RELIGION)

The U.N. needs help sustaining the global approach to violent extremism

Tuesday, April 7, 2020

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.

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

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

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

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)

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

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

Monday, March 23, 2020

Book shelf

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

Madiha Afzal, Daniel L. Byman, Adrien Chorn, Samuel 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.

Crimea: Six years after illegal annexation

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

The evolution of artificial intelligence and future of national security

Lori Robinson and Michael E. O’Hanlon

Monday, March 16, 2020