U.S. Defense

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

Realist or neocon? Mixed messages in Trump advisor’s foreign policy vision

William McCants

Tuesday, July 19, 2016

US Navy/CPO John Hageman/Handout - The USS Lassen, which sailed within 12 nautical miles of artificial islands built by China in the South China Sea in October 2015

What the United States and China should do in the wake of the South China Sea ruling

Jeffrey A. Bader

Wednesday, July 13, 2016

The Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO) announced July 15, 2001 it has successfully completed a test involving a planned intercept of an intercontinental ballistic missile target. The test took place over the central Pacific Ocean. A modified Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) (shown here) was launched from Vandenberg AFB, California and a prototype interceptor was launched approximately 20 minutes later 4,800 miles away from the Ronald Reagan Missile Site Kwajalein Atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. The intercept took place approximately 10 minutes after the interceptor was launched, at an altitude in excess of 140 miles above the earth, and during the midcourse phase of the target warhead's flight.

The weak case for the long-range stand-off weapon

Tuesday, July 12, 2016

U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the Sharonville Convention Center in Cincinnati, Ohio July 6, 2016.

Donald Trump is wrong about NATO

Michael E. O’Hanlon and Kathleen Hicks

Saturday, July 9, 2016

A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptor is launched during a successful intercept test, in this undated handout photo provided by the U.S. Department of Defense, Missile Defense Agency. THAAD provides the U.S. military a land-based, mobile capability to defend against short- and medium-range ballistic missiles, intercepting incoming missiles inside and outside the earth's atmosphere. REUTERS/U.S. Department of Defense, Missile Defense Agency/Handout via Reuters

South Korea’s THAAD decision: Neither a surprise nor a provocation

Jonathan D. Pollack

Friday, July 8, 2016

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In latest Brookings Essay, Phil Klay discusses PTSD and the challenges veterans face returning to civilian life

Friday, June 24, 2016

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Three keys to reforming government: Lessons from repairing the VA

Tuesday, June 21, 2016

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Orlando and the war on terror

John R. Allen and Michael E. O’Hanlon

Thursday, June 16, 2016

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How to restore U.S.-Japan relations on Okinawa

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Wednesday, June 15, 2016

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What’s the best way organize a coalition around countering terrorism?

Seyom Brown and Vanda Felbab-Brown

Tuesday, June 7, 2016