Ideas
Faster, Transient, Endless: How America Must Adapt to Today's Great-Power Competition
Three years of Army War College research have revealed the surprising contours of post-primacy security — and the single animating principle that must guide U.S. strategy.
Ideas
What the Interwar Years Say About the US Army's Newest Force Concept
Technology isn’t everything.
Ideas
WTF: A Few Morning Thoughts on US-North Korea Relations
Kim Jong Un doesn’t need to dance with Trump. He’s got his own nuclear weapons.
Threats
The Word That Derailed the Trump-Kim Summit
The Americans and the North Koreans were all set for a historic meeting. Then they started talking about Libya.
Ideas
Former South Korean National-Security Adviser: The US May Have to Withdraw Some Troops
Breaking with his fellow conservatives, Chun Yung Woo says "there will be no solution" to the North Korean nuclear crisis without willingness to compromise on the U.S. alliance.
Ideas
Iran Hawks Are the New Iraq Hawks
Many of the assumptions that guided America’s march to conflict in 2003 still dominate American foreign policy today.
Ideas
The Dead Metaphors of National Security
To grapple with today’s complex security environment, we must first think about it realistically. Our terminology — not our technology — is key.
Threats
The Deceptively Simple Promise of Korean Peace
It might have to start with something like the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe treaty concluded at the end of the Cold War.
Ideas
The Difference Between a Killer and a Terrorist
Two mass murders reveal how difficult—and important—it is to correctly identify terrorism when it occurs.
Ideas
Neither Precise Nor Proportionate
Trump’s attack on Syria was unserious but intended to relieve emotional pressure—and in many ways, worse than doing nothing at all.
Ideas
Trump's Syria Strategy Actually Makes Sense
And it does not involve a commitment to change the horrible and predictable outcome of the civil war.
Threats
If Trump Won't Lead in Syria, Someone Else Will
Unless the president can articulate and lead a plan, Syria’s future will be determined by Russia, Iran, and Turkey.
Ideas
Going BRAC-less: What to Do with the US Military’s Excess Property
The Pentagon is offering an alternative to closing bases, and Congress should support it.
Threats
Assad Defies Another American President
The Syrian strongman saw the red line on sarin as a green light to do everything else.
Threats
What Is America Going to Do About Syria Now?
After the latest suspected chemical attack, the United States has four options.
Ideas
The Logic of Assad's Brutality
No meaningful American response will be forthcoming, no matter how hideous the war crime.
Ideas
Trumpism: Speak Loudly and Carry a Big Stick
'It’s entirely possible that the blowup is just yet to come,' says one observer of the president’s foreign policy.
Ideas
Saudi Crown Prince: Iran's Supreme Leader 'Makes Hitler Look Good'
In a wide-ranging conversation, Prince Mohammed bin Salman also recognized the Jewish people’s right to “their own land.”
Policy
Trump's 'Very Soon' Withdrawal From Syria Is Exactly What Many Troops Feared
What the president said is exactly what some special operations forces worried would happen — under President Hillary Clinton.
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