U.S. Defense

Challenges for the Biden administration: Addressing the evolving air and missile threat

Wednesday, Jan 27, 2021 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST

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Law enforcement officers unload part of approximately 3,200 lbs. of cocaine, which was seized at the Port of New York/Newark on February 28, 2019 in a joint operation involving U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the New York Police Department (NYPD), and the New York State Police (NYSP), in Newark, New Jersey, U.S., in this image released on March 11, 2019. Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Order from Chaos

The wicked problem of drug trafficking in the Western Hemisphere

Michael Sinclair

Friday, January 15, 2021

A NATO solider (L) speaks on radio at the site of a car bomb blast in Kabul, Afghanistan August 22, 2015. A car bomb outside a Kabul hospital killed at least 10 people and caused widespread casualties among Afghan civilians, although it appeared to have targeted a vehicle carrying foreign citizens, witnesses and security sources said. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood

Order from Chaos

In Afghanistan, different priorities means vastly different policies

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Friday, January 15, 2021

A U.S. soldier assigned to the Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 1st Armored Division watches as a UH-60 Blackhawk Helicopter prepares to land during an advise and assistance mission in southeastern Afghanistan, August 4, 2019. Picture taken on August 4, 2019. Courtesy Alejandro Licea/U.S. Army/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Order from Chaos

US policy toward Afghanistan: Consider the trade-offs, including with other policy areas

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Reports

FILE PHOTO: U.S. and European Union flags are pictured during the visit of Vice President Mike Pence to the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium February 20, 2017. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

Report

Stronger together: A strategy to revitalize trans-Atlantic power

December 2020

Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Japan's Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, Australia's Foreign Minister Marise Payne and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pose for a picture prior the Quad ministerial meeting in Tokyo, Japan October 6, 2020. Kiyoshi Ota/Pool via REUTERS

Asia & the Pacific

South Korea and Indo-Pacific security: Beyond the Quad

Lindsey W. Ford

November 2020

Technology & Innovation

Uncomfortable ground truths: Predictive analytics and national security

Heather M. Roff

November 2020

Russia

US-Russia relations in the Trump era: Domestic polarization and foreign policy

Giovanna De Maio and Emmanuel Dreyfus

Thursday, November 19, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and U.S. President Donald Trump participate in their second 2020 presidential campaign debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., October 22, 2020. REUTERS/Jim Bourg/Pool/File Photo

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Trans-Atlantic Scorecard — October 2020

Monday, October 26, 2020

Blog Posts

(L-R) U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, Deputy National Security Advisor Tony Blinken, National Security Advisor Susan Rice and Secretary of State John Kerry listen as President Barack Obama and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki address reporters after their meeting in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, November 1, 2013. Obama told visiting Al-Maliki on Friday that the United States wants an inclusive, prosperous Iraq free of violence. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)

Order from Chaos

The US must now repair democracy at home and abroad

Thomas Wright

Monday, January 11, 2021

A man holds an assault rifle as Proud Boys gather in Portland, Ore., at Delta Park on September 26, 2020, in support of Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse and Aaron 'Jay' Danielson who was shot dead by an antifascist protester during the ongoing Black Lives Matter protests in the city. (Photo by Alex Milan Tracy/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Order from Chaos

2020 appears to be a good year for counterterrorism

Daniel L. Byman

Thursday, December 24, 2020

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley gives remarks during the 19th annual September 11 observance ceremony at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., September 11, 2020. REUTERS/Erin Scott/File Photo

Order from Chaos

Russia, China, and the risks of war: My conversation with General Mark Milley

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Wednesday, December 23, 2020

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A conversation with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark A. Milley

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The Biden presidency and the future of America’s ‘forever wars’

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Election 2020: Implications for US foreign policy

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Experts

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FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump listens to Secretary of Defense Mark Esper address the daily White House coronavirus response briefing with members of the administration's coronavirus task force at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 18, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC2GMF9QPP29/File Photo

Podcast Episode

Why did Trump fire Secretary of Defense Esper?

Michael E. O’Hanlon and Adrianna Pita

Monday, November 9, 2020

Marine General Kenneth McKenzie, head of U.S. Central Command, speaks with a U.S. soldier as they stand in front of a U.S. attack helicopter during a visit to Forward Operating Base Fenty in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, September 9, 2019. REUTERS/Phil Stewart

Order from Chaos

Watch: Experts debate American policy in Afghanistan

Adam Twardowski

Wednesday, August 19, 2020

U.S. troops from 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division check military equipment after their deployment to Poland for military exercises in Drawsko Pomorskie training area, Poland March 21, 2019. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

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What’s behind Trump’s decision to cut US troops in Germany?

Michael E. O’Hanlon and Constanze Stelzenmüller

Friday, July 31, 2020

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