U.S. Defense

U.S. Army General Joseph Votel, commander, U.S. Central Command, briefs the media at the Pentagon in Washington, U.S. April 29, 2016 about the investigation of the airstrike on the Doctors Without Borders trauma center in Kunduz, Afghanistan on October 3, 2015. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas - RTX2C6NN

The state of the Middle East, from the point of view of the CENTCOM commander

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Friday, December 2, 2016

Defense Intelligence Agency director U.S. Army Lt. General Michael Flynn testifies before the House Intelligence Committee on "Worldwide Threats" in Washington February 4, 2014. REUTERS/Gary Cameron

Give Flynn a chance

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Monday, November 21, 2016

Woman holds an umbrella at the White House in Washington

Trump and the powers of the American presidency

Benjamin Wittes

Monday, November 14, 2016

Demonstrator Ly Kou holds a sign along with others in support of President elect Donald Trump outside of Camp Pendleton in Oceanside, California U.S. November 11, 2016. REUTERS/Sandy Huffaker - RTX2TA8C

The burden on Donald Trump

Benjamin Wittes

Monday, November 14, 2016

U.S. President Barack Obama salutes upon his return to the White House in Washington, U.S. after visiting flood damage area in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, August 23, 2016. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas - RTX2MRF7

Is a better world possible without U.S. military force?

Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speaks during the presidential town hall debate with Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S., October 9, 2016. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson - RTSRIZC

The Donald shows again he doesn’t understand much about nukes

Monday, October 10, 2016

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (R) listens to fellow lawmaker Tom Cotton (R-AR) discuss the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 on Capitol Hill in Washington October 1, 2015. REUTERS/Gary Cameron - RTS2N9Q

What’s the deal with Senate Republicans and the test ban treaty?

Monday, September 26, 2016

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump (L) speaks along side retired U.S. Army Lieutenant General Mike Flynn during a campaign town hall meeting in Virginia Beach, Virginia, U.S., September 6, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar - RTX2OE5F

Trump and the generals

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Wednesday, September 14, 2016

The U.S. flag flies at half-staff over the U.S. Capitol later in the day following the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida in Washington June 12, 2016. REUTERS/James Lawler Duggan - RTX2FU9H

Split the difference in Congress’s defense-budget fight

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Friday, September 9, 2016

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks during a campaign town hall meeting in Virginia Beach, Virginia, U.S., September 6, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar - RTX2OE4P

3 takeaways from Trump at the Commander in Chief Forum

Thursday, September 8, 2016