U.S. Defense

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

International Affairs

Trans-Atlantic Scorecard – April 2019

Friday, April 19, 2019

A medium-range ballistic missile target is launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility, before being successfully intercepted by Standard Missile-6 missiles fired from the guided-missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones, in Kauai, Hawaii, U.S. August 29, 2017 in this handout image. Latonja Martin/U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1CBE3A55F0

Op-Ed

Reassuring allies and strengthening strategic stability: An approach to nuclear modernization for Democrats

Frank A. Rose and Benjamin Bahney

Tuesday, April 16, 2019

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Is the Army ready for great power competition?

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People listen to U.S. President Barack Obama during a speech in Hradcany Square, Prague April 5, 2009. REUTERS/Jason Reed (CZECH REPUBLIC POLITICS) - GM1E5451G3W01

Order from Chaos

10 years after Obama’s nuclear-free vision, the US and Russia head in the opposite direction

Steven Pifer

Thursday, April 4, 2019

Reports

A U.S. Border and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) official stands next a concrete K-rail with concertina wire at Cordova-Americas bridge to enhance security efforts in preparation for increasing number of migrants arriving at the border, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico February 22, 2019. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez - RC1F2181F4D0

Mexico

US-Mexico security cooperation 2018-2024

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

The Titan Missile, shown from above during a tour of the 103-foot Titan II Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) site which was decommissioned in 1982, at the Titan Missile Museum in Sahuarita, Arizona, U.S., February 2, 2019. REUTERS/Nicole Neri - RC1218FFA6D0

Arms Control

Managing risk: Nuclear weapons in the new geopolitics

Madelyn R. Creedon, Robert Einhorn, Kate Hewitt, Bonnie Jenkins, Bruce Jones, Suzanne Maloney, Michael E. O’Hanlon, Jung H. Pak, Frank A. Rose, and Strobe Talbott

February 2019

U.S. army soldiers stand guard at the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, South Korea, April 18, 2018. Picture taken on April 18, 2018. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji - RC1108D888D0

North Korea

Working at cross purposes? New challenge to the alliance in negotiating with North Korea

Richard C. Bush

Wednesday, January 16, 2019

Afghanistan

Afghanistan after Mattis: A revised strategy to focus on counterterrorism and the Afghan Security Forces

Michael E. O’Hanlon

January 2019

U.S. Navy sailors move aircraft from an elevator into the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt in the South China Sea April 8, 2018. Picture taken April 8, 2018. U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Michael Hogan/Handout via REUTERS. ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY - RC19F1104180

U.S. Defense

Quality over quantity: U.S. military strategy and spending in the Trump years

James N. Miller and Michael E. O’Hanlon

January 2019

Blog Posts

A NATO flag is seen ahead of the Summit in Brussels, Belgium, July 10, 2018. REUTERS/Reinhard Krause - RC185FE11420

Order from Chaos

Love me today, love me tomorrow? Millennials and NATO

Will Moreland

Wednesday, April 3, 2019

DATE IMPORTED: January 23, 2019 Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan attend a news conference after their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia January 23, 2019. Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Order from Chaos

Turkey’s purchase of Russian missile-defense system will be ‘paradigm shifting’ for its relations with the US

Ömer Taşpınar

Wednesday, April 3, 2019

Panelists at the March 25, 2019 Foreign Policy program event on maritime security.

Order from Chaos

How securing maritime commerce protects U.S. national security

Emilie Kimball

Monday, April 1, 2019

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Events

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U.S.-Mexican security cooperation: The opportunities and challenges ahead

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The end of an era? The INF Treaty, New START, and the future of strategic stability

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Defense spending in the 50 states

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Multimedia

On March 14, Brookings Senior Fellow Michael O’Hanlon spoke with Undersecretary of the United States Army Ryan McCarthy about the Army’s budget request, its operational outlook, and the role it will play in future defense strategy.

Order from Chaos

How does the army prepare for a new era of geopolitics?

Adam Twardowski

Friday, March 22, 2019

U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff General David Goldfein talks to journalists at the Royal International Air Tattoo at Fairford, Britain July 8, 2016. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls - S1AETOKYIXAA

Order from Chaos

General David Goldfein on building the Air Force of the future

Adam Twardowski

Friday, February 22, 2019

Order from Chaos

Rep. Seth Moulton on geopolitical threats, defense spending, lessons learned, and more

Adam Twardowski

Thursday, February 21, 2019

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U.S. Defense

Trans-Atlantic Scorecard – April 2019

Reassuring allies and strengthening strategic stability: An approach to nuclear modernization for Democrats

Is the Army ready for great power competition?

10 years after Obama’s nuclear-free vision, the US and Russia head in the opposite direction

Reports

US-Mexico security cooperation 2018-2024

Managing risk: Nuclear weapons in the new geopolitics

Working at cross purposes? New challenge to the alliance in negotiating with North Korea

Afghanistan after Mattis: A revised strategy to focus on counterterrorism and the Afghan Security Forces

Quality over quantity: U.S. military strategy and spending in the Trump years

Blog Posts

Love me today, love me tomorrow? Millennials and NATO

Turkey’s purchase of Russian missile-defense system will be ‘paradigm shifting’ for its relations with the US

How securing maritime commerce protects U.S. national security

Events

U.S.-Mexican security cooperation: The opportunities and challenges ahead

The end of an era? The INF Treaty, New START, and the future of strategic stability

Defense spending in the 50 states

Related Books

China’s Maritime Gray Zone Operations

Building Militaries in Fragile States: Challenges for the United States

Countering Terrorism

Multimedia

How does the army prepare for a new era of geopolitics?

General David Goldfein on building the Air Force of the future

Rep. Seth Moulton on geopolitical threats, defense spending, lessons learned, and more

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