U.S. Defense

LAN network cables plugged into a computer server in Singapore July 26, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas White - RC1BA1A425F0

Wars of none: AI, big data, and the future of insurgency

Monday, July 2, 2018

U.S. soldiers with Scout Company, 1st Battalion 30th Infantry Regiment line up before an exercise in a range at Patrol Base Murray in the Sunni neighbourhood of Arab Jabour, south Baghdad, October 20, 2007. The area around Patrol Base Murray was known as the Triangle of Death - a very safe area for al-Qaeda in Iraq to ambush Shi'ites, launch mortar and rocket attacks into the Green Zone and rig car bombs, suicide vests and other weapons for use in Baghdad. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (IRAQ) - GM1DWKJHNWAA

1958: When America first went to war in the Middle East

Monday, July 2, 2018

TESS, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, is shown in this conceptual illustration obtained by Reuters on March 28, 2018. NASA plans to send TESS into orbit from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket set for blastoff sometime between April 16 and June on a two-year mission. NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC112CF93F70

Not so fast on a space force

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Friday, June 29, 2018

A U.S. Navy personnel walks among F/A 18 aircraft on the flight deck of the USS Theodore Roosevelt at Changi Navy Base in Singapore October 24, 2015. The aircraft carrier and its strike group of 7 ships and 80 aircraft docked in Singapore on Saturday after completing a deployment to the Arabian Gulf for the last 7 months. REUTERS/Edgar Su - GF20000030490

How the ballooning federal debt threatens U.S. defense

Wednesday, June 27, 2018

Members of the Texas National Guard wait for Governor Greg Abbott to speak about security on the Mexico-U.S. border at Sergeant Tomas Garces Texas Army National Guard Armory in Weslaco, Texas, U.S., April 12, 2018. REUTERS/Loren Elliott - RC1FFD3AC1E0

Secretary Mark Esper and the future of the U.S. Army

Monday, June 25, 2018

A U.S. Marine(C) talks with Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers during a training in Helmand province, Afghanistan, July 5, 2017.REUTERS/Omar Sobhani - RC1BC4EF5970

Before you help a fragile state’s military, ask these uncomfortable questions

Friday, June 22, 2018

A battery of U.S manned Patriot missiles protect a nearby British andU.S airbase in Kuwait March 16, 2003. Aircraft from the U.S. andBritain are continuing to enforce the no fly zone over southern Iraq.REUTERS/Russell BoyceRUS - RP3DRILHYNAA

If Trump is serious about addressing the Iranian ballistic missile threat, he should enhance multilateral missile defense cooperation with Gulf states

Wednesday, June 20, 2018

A long-rage ground-based missile silo is pictured July 17, 2007, at the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, where the United States is testing the missile defence shield. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel (UNITED STATES ) - BM2DVSZLZFAA

Will the upcoming Missile Defense Review maintain the current course or plot a new direction?

Monday, June 11, 2018

U.S. and South Korean marines participate in a joint landing operation drill in Pohang, about 370 km (230 miles) southeast of Seoul, April 26, 2013. The drill is part of the two countries' annual military training called Foal Eagle, which began on March 1 and runs until April 30. Tension has been fuelled by North Korean anger over the imposition of U.N. sanctions after its last nuclear arms test in February. The two Koreas have been technically in a state of war since a truce that ended their 1950-53 conflict. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS) - GM1E94Q10ZK01

If the North Korea threat recedes, should the U.S. maintain troops in South Korea?

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Tuesday, June 5, 2018

U.S. soldiers from D Troop of the 3rd Cavalry Regiment walk on hill after finishing with a training exercise near forward operating base Gamberi in the Laghman province of Afghanistan

Why war powers need an expiration date

Scott R. Anderson

Thursday, May 24, 2018