National Security

U.S. President Donald Trump is greeted by members of Congress as he arrives to deliver his State of the Union address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. February 4, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis/POOL

The Republican Senate just rebuked Trump using the War Powers Act — for the third time. That’s remarkable.

Sarah A. Binder

The Washington Post Friday, February 14, 2020

Troops in military vehicles take part in the military parade marking the 70th founding anniversary of People's Republic of China, on its National Day in Beijing, China October 1, 2019. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

The left should play the China card

Tarun Chhabra, Scott Moore, and Dominic Tierney

Thursday, February 13, 2020

The Air Force in 2020: A strategy to modernize

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EST

An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California at 11:01 p.m. On February 25, 2016. The unarmed Minuteman III missile blasted off from a silo at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California late on Thursday, headed toward a target area near Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands of the South Pacific. REUTERS/Kyla Gifford/U.S. Air Force Photo/Handout via Reuters FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Don’t let New START die

Thursday, February 6, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to attendees with a sheet of bullet proof glass and the Washington Monument in the background as he hosts a 4th of July "2020 Salute to America" to celebrate the U.S. Independence Day holiday at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 4, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

To Prove Trump’s Bad Faith, Don’t Argue Policy. Show He Subverted the Process.

Scott R. Anderson

Defense One Thursday, January 23, 2020

FEBRUARY 5, 2019 - WASHINGTON, DC: President Donald Trump delivered the State of the Union address at the Capitol in Washington, DC on February 5, 2019. Doug Mills/Pool via REUTERS

The imperial presidency is alive and well

James Goldgeier, Elizabeth N. Saunders, and Sarah A. Binder

Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Unmaking the presidency

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EST

Staff gather as outgoing National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster walks out of the White House during his last day on the job in Washington, D.C., U.S. April 6, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Crippling the capacity of the National Security Council

Kathryn Dunn Tenpas

Tuesday, January 21, 2020

A US Air Force missile maintenance team removes the upper section of an intercontinental ballistic missile with a nuclear warhead in an undated USAF photo at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana. Reviews of the U.S. nuclear arsenal show significant changes are needed to ensure the security and effectiveness of the force, a Defense Department report said November 14, 2014. REUTERS/USAF/Airman John Parie/handout via Reuters (UNITED STATES - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Deterrence, modernization, and alliance cohesion: The case for extending New START with Russia

Thursday, January 16, 2020

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during the cabinet meeting in Tehran, Iran, January 15, 2020. Official President website/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

Is deterrence restored with Iran?

Daniel L. Byman

Thursday, January 16, 2020