U.S. Defense

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis (L) shakes hands with South Korean Defense Minister Han Min-Koo (R) before their meeting at the headquarters of the Defense Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, February 3, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Min-Hee/Pool - RTX2ZFCT

Surprise! Trump’s foreign policy is turning out okay

Michael E. O’Hanlon and David Gordon

Friday, February 24, 2017

Newly named National Security Adviser Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster listens as U.S. President Donald Trump makes the announcement at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida U.S. February 20, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RTSZJDS

McMaster has the Islamophobes worried, and that’s a good thing

William McCants

Thursday, February 23, 2017

German Chancellor Angela Merkel poses for a picture with U.S. Vice President Mike Pence before their meeting at the 53rd Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, February 18, 2017. REUTERS/Michael Dalder - RTSZ8P4

Two cents on the 2 percent question

Tuesday, February 21, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks by phone with Russia's President Vladimir Putin in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S. January 28, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RTSXT2T

The problem with President Trump’s hasty denunciation of New START

Friday, February 10, 2017

How the private sector can be harnessed to stop violent extremism

Eric Rosand and Alistair Millar

Tuesday, January 31, 2017

People gather to pray in baggage claim during a protest against the travel ban imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order, at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport in Dallas, Texas, U.S. January 29, 2017. REUTERS/Laura Buckman TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTSXXXO

How the new immigration rules might threaten our national security

Daniel Benjamin

Tuesday, January 31, 2017

A worker chats with residents at a newly built section of the U.S.-Mexico border fence at Sunland Park, U.S. opposite the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico January 26, 2017. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez - RTSXKER

Why the border wall’s costs far outweigh its benefits

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Monday, January 30, 2017

Demonstrators spell out "# No Muslim Ban" during the "Boston Protest Against Muslim Ban and Anti-Immigration Orders" to protest U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order travel ban in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. January 29, 2017. REUTERS/Brian Snyder - RTSXY8H

Why Trump’s policies will increase terrorism—and why Trump might benefit as a result

Daniel L. Byman

Monday, January 30, 2017

President Barack Obama (2nd R) and Vice President Joe Biden (R) meet with members of the National Security Council in the Situation Room of the White House in Washington September 10, 2014. Obama, who will set out a broad long-term strategy to defeat the Islamic State in a speech to Americans on Wednesday evening, is prepared to authorize air strikes against the group in Syria, U.S. officials said. REUTERS/The White House/Pete Souza/Handout via Reuters (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - RTR45QKO

The case for slower foreign policy decisionmaking

Tamara Cofman Wittes

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

China's Liaoning aircraft carrier with accompanying fleet conducts a drill in an area of South China Sea in this undated photo taken December, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. EDITORIAL USE ONLY. CHINA OUT. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTX2XFZ2

Can Donald Trump avoid a dangerous South China Sea showdown?

Michael E. O’Hanlon and James B. Steinberg

Friday, January 20, 2017