U.S. Defense

Afghan police special forces take part in a military exercise in Logar province, Afghanistan November 30, 2017. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC111F4719E0

Afghanistan after Mattis: A revised strategy to focus on counterterrorism and the Afghan Security Forces

Michael E. O’Hanlon

January 2019

Falling apart? The politics of New START and strategic modernization

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2Lt William Liggett works at the Air Force Space Command Network Operations & Security Center at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado July 20, 2010. U.S. national security planners are proposing that the 21st century's critical infrastructure -- power grids, communications, water utilities, financial networks -- be similarly shielded from cyber marauders and other foes. The ramparts would be virtual, their perimeters policed by the Pentagon and backed by digital weapons capable of circling the globe in milliseconds to knock out targets. To match Special Report USA-CYBERWAR/ REUTERS/Rick Wilking (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW MILITARY SCI TECH POLITICS) - GM1E6A51S9901

Re-establishing U.S. Space Command is a great idea

Frank A. Rose

Monday, January 7, 2019

U.S. forces are seen at the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) headquarters after it was hit by Turkish airstrikes in Mount Karachok near Malikiya, Syria April 25, 2017. REUTERS/ Rodi Said - RC12805A1220

Learning from Trump’s Syria debacle—What Congress can do

John R. Allen and Michael E. O’Hanlon

Monday, January 7, 2019

U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis looks at U.S. President Donald Trump as he speaks during a meeting with Medal of Honor recipients in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., March 24, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria - RC143321C440

Shutting down the government … and civility as well

Amanda Sloat

Thursday, January 3, 2019

U.S. Navy sailors move aircraft from an elevator into the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt in the South China Sea April 8, 2018. Picture taken April 8, 2018. U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Michael Hogan/Handout via REUTERS. ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY - RC19F1104180

Quality over quantity: U.S. military strategy and spending in the Trump years

James N. Miller and Michael E. O’Hanlon

January 2019

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis lands in Kabul on March 13, 2018 on an unannounced trip to Afghanistan. REUTERS/Phil Stewart - RC1B4D04B200

After Defense Secretary Jim Mattis leaves, what then? Some ideas for Afghanistan

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Saturday, December 22, 2018

The US military’s mission in Syria has grown fuzzy and convoluted, and requires reassessment. But unilaterally ending it — particularly absent meaningful coordination with our allies — is foolhardy.

Vox Wednesday, December 19, 2018

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V 551 rocket blasts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, January 20, 2015. The unmanned rocket blasted off with a next-generation communications satellite designed to provide cellular-like voice and data services to U.S. military forces around the world. Picture taken using long exposure, looking over the campus of Florida Institute of Technologies in Melbourne, about 40 miles from the launch pad. REUTERS/Michael Brown (UNITED STATES - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY MILITARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - GM1EB1L0SXU01

How space-based missile defenses could make us less safe, not more

James N. Miller and Frank A. Rose

Friday, December 14, 2018

Flags of NATO member countires fly during a ceremony at the new NATO headquarters before the start of a summit in Brussels, Belgium, May 25, 2017. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann - RC1AE63D1910

Will Europe try to save the INF Treaty?

Steven Pifer

Thursday, December 13, 2018