U.S. Defense

The Future of U.S.-China Relations: A Debate

5:30 PM - 8:00 PM PDT

Seattle, Washington

The future of America’s global role: A debate

5:00 PM - 7:30 PM CDT

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un is seen as the newly developed intercontinental ballistic rocket Hwasong-15's test was successfully launched, in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang November 30, 2017. REUTERS/KCNA ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THIS IMAGE. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1D9D9D59A0

A step-by-step plan for denuclearizing North Korea

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Monday, May 14, 2018

U.S. President Barack Obama ( L) and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (R) exchange documents 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) - GM1E6481MCS01

The future of New START

Steven Pifer, Daryl Kimball, and Anatoli Diakov

May 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump displays a presidential memorandum after announcing his intent to withdraw from the JCPOA Iran nuclear agreement in the Diplomatic Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 8, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - HP1EE581FULTV

Around the Halls: Brookings experts discuss the implications of President Trump’s Iran nuclear deal announcement

Suzanne Maloney, Natan Sachs, Bruce Riedel, Daniel L. Byman, Hady Amr, Mara Karlin, Samantha Gross, Frank A. Rose, Richard Nephew, Steven Pifer, Célia Belin, Dror Michman, Tamara Cofman Wittes, Tanvi Madan, and Kadira Pethiyagoda

Tuesday, May 8, 2018

Kurdish security forces ride in a military vehicle near the governorate building in Erbil, Iraq July 23, 2018. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari - RC15D298F2D0

What the U.S. alliance with the Kurds says about strategy

Mara Karlin and Frances Z. Brown

Tuesday, May 8, 2018

21st Century Security Forum: The National Defense Strategy and its global impact

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM EDT

U.S. Marine soldiers take a rest on top of a M1A1 battle tank. April 22, 2013. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY TRANSPORT) - GM1E94M14LE01

Time to show Russia a military parade—In Syria

Wednesday, April 25, 2018

A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bomber, being deployed to launch strikes as part of the multinational response to Syria's use of chemical weapons, is refuelled by a KC-135 tanker aircraft over an undisclosed location, April 14, 2018. U.S. Air Force/Handout via REUTERS. ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY - RC1C9014E3B0

An illusory victory: Was “mission accomplished” in Syria?

Dror Michman and Yael Mizrahi-Arnaud

Monday, April 23, 2018

A Congressional aide stands by a chart showing the advancement of nuclear weapons programs in relation to the United States as U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis testifies to the House Armed Services Committee on "The National Defense Strategy and the Nuclear Posture Review" on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., February 6, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RC1BD2C9DF00

Is the 2018 Nuclear Posture Review as bad as the critics claim it is?

April 2018