U.S. Defense

A conversation with the chief of staff of the Air Force

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

A conversation on defense policy with Rep. Seth Moulton

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM EST

U.S. soldiers of the 82nd Airborne help load water onto a Navy helicopter at a staging area at Port-au-Prince international airport January 17, 2010. Relief efforts continue in the island nation's capital after last week's devastating earthquake. U.S. troops will help U.N. peacekeepers keep order on Haiti's increasingly lawless streets, the country's president said on Sunday as aid workers struggled to get food and medical assistance to desperate earthquake survivors. REUTERS/Hans Deryk (HAITI - Tags: DISASTER MILITARY) - GM1E61I0YZK01

The use of military diplomacy in great power competition

Tuesday, February 12, 2019

Components of SSC-8/9M729 cruise missile system are on display during a news briefing, organized by Russian defence and foreign ministries, at Patriot Expocentre near Moscow, Russia January 23, 2019. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov - RC1EAAFF9260

The end of an era? The INF Treaty, New START, and the future of strategic stability

Tuesday, February 12, 2019

The Titan Missile, shown from above during a tour of the 103-foot Titan II Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) site which was decommissioned in 1982, at the Titan Missile Museum in Sahuarita, Arizona, U.S., February 2, 2019. REUTERS/Nicole Neri - RC1218FFA6D0

Managing risk: Nuclear weapons in the new geopolitics

Madelyn R. Creedon, Robert Einhorn, Kate Hewitt, Bonnie Jenkins, Bruce Jones, Suzanne Maloney, Michael E. O’Hanlon, Jung H. Pak, Frank A. Rose, and Strobe Talbott

February 2019

DATE IMPORTED:January 17, 2019Migrants from Honduras, part of a caravan of thousands from Central America trying to reach the United States, jump the fence to cross it illegally into San Diego County, U.S. (L), taken from the border wall in Tijuana, Mexico (R) January 16, 2019. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

Border security and comprehensive immigration reform

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Monday, February 11, 2019

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans, and Capabilities James Anderson at Brookings.

Highlights from a recent discussion on the Missile Defense Review

Adam Twardowski

Wednesday, February 6, 2019

An F/A-18C Hornet from the Blue Blasters of Strike Fighter Squadron 34 takes off from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson during flight operations in the western Pacific Ocean on May 2, 2017.

Ready to compete? America’s military and technological edge

Tanvi Madan, Elbridge Colby, Roger Zakheim, and Nina Kollars

Monday, February 4, 2019

190128-N-BB269-0048 WASHINGTON (Jan. 28, 2019) Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. John Richardson delivers remarks during a discussion held at the Brookings Institution. Richardson discussed the U.S. NavyÕs recently released document, ÒA Design for Maintaining Maritime Superiority, Version 2.0Ó and answered questions from the audience. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Raymond D. Diaz III/Released)

The chief of naval operations talks technology, China, and more

Adam Twardowski

Monday, February 4, 2019

A discussion on the 2019 Missile Defense Review

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST