U.S. Defense

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speaks during the First Ministers meeting in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, December 9, 2016. REUTERS/Chris Wattie - RTSVF39

The vice president’s farewell on nuclear security

Steven Pifer and Alicia Sanders-Zakre

Tuesday, January 17, 2017

A pair of B-1B Lancer bombers soar over Wyoming in an undated file photo. Staff Sgt. Steve Thurow/U.S. Air Force/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. EDITORIAL USE ONLY. - RTSNAQ6

No, the U.S. doesn’t need to expand its nuclear weapons program

Friday, December 30, 2016

U.S. M1A2 "Abrams" tanks and Bradley infantry fighting vehicles are seen during U.S. led joint military exercise "Noble Partner 2016" near Vaziani, Georgia, May 18, 2016. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili - RTSETMF

Right-sizing the Trump defense buildup

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Wednesday, December 28, 2016

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump gestures as he speaks during a USA Thank You Tour event in Mobile, Alabama, U.S., December 17, 2016. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson - RTX2VHIX

The Donald and nukes, again

Thursday, December 22, 2016

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a USA Thank You Tour event at Giant Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania, U.S., December 15, 2016. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson - RTX2V9GY

Three reasons why arms control might interest Donald Trump

Monday, December 19, 2016

Department of Homeland Security workers at the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center in Arlington, Virginia, January 13, 2015. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CRIME LAW MILITARY) - RTR4LBN0

Technology and the “Third Offset” foster innovation for the force of the future

Friday, December 9, 2016

Iraqi soldiers train with members of the U.S. Army 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, at Camp Taji, Iraq, in this U.S. Army photo released June 2, 2015. The United States is expected to announce on Wednesday plans for a new military base in Iraq's Anbar province and the deployment of around 400 additional U.S. trainers to help Iraqi forces in the fight against Islamic State, a U.S. official said.

Fleeting convergence: Building partner capacity and militias

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Tuesday, December 6, 2016

Smoke rises after an U.S.-led air strike in the Syrian town of Kobani Ocotber 8, 2014. U.S.-led air strikes on Wednesday pushed Islamic State fighters back to the edges of the Syrian Kurdish border town of Kobani, which they had appeared set to seize after a three-week assault, local officials said. The town has become the focus of international attention since the Islamists' advance drove 180,000 of the area's mostly Kurdish inhabitants to flee into adjoining Turkey, which has infuriated its own restive Kurdish minority-- and its NATO partners in Washington -- by refusing to intervene. REUTERS/Umit Bektas (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTR49CYL

The limits of air strikes when fighting the Islamic State

Daniel L. Byman

Tuesday, December 6, 2016

Armed U.S. Coast Guardsmen aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Waesche stand watch as more than 39,000 pounds of seized cocaine is offloaded at Naval Base San Diego, California, U.S., October 27, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Blake - RTX2QRU3

Always ready: Ensuring today’s Coast Guard can meet the challenges of tomorrow

Friday, December 2, 2016

U.S. President Barack Obama (L) and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (R) shake hands after signing the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START II) at Prague Castle in Prague, April 8, 2010. REUTERS/Jason Reed (CZECH REPUBLIC - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY) - RTR2CK50

The Trump administration and nuclear arms control treaties

Friday, December 2, 2016