Collective-defense pacts are meant to make war less likely. Poorly designed ones can do the opposite. If allies make sweeping ...

For eight years I helped decide whether American counter-terrorism money was working. As a programs advisor in the State Department’s Bureau of ...

If there is a revolution brewing in the automation of white-collar work, you wouldn’t know it at the Pentagon. Here, the typical action officers, staff ...

In 2019, Steve Fetter wrote “A Cheaper Nuclear Sponge,” in which he argued that building a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) was unnecessary for strengthening U.S. land-based deterrence.

On Jan. 5, 2025, my volunteer platoon attached to the 23rd Special Purpose Battalion of the Presidential Brigade entered a ...

As a naval shipyard commander, my mandate from Navy leadership is straightforward: return warships to the fleet as quickly as ...

Welcome to The Ukraine Compass, a weekly digest of Ukrainian commentary and analysis from across the political spectrum, only ...

This is the tenth article in a limited series celebrating American defense technologies born from wartime and their effects ...

Arms trafficking in the Caribbean has soared in recent years, with many states now ranking firearms trafficking as the number ...

The first institution Nicaragua’s National Assembly called to testify on the constitutional reform ending competitive elections was the army. On July 29, ...

China’s marine scientific research ships are expanding their operations around Taiwan, and they are not just there to advance ...

We played a wargame using AI players. Two nuclear-armed nations — Red and Blue — with a long-standing, fierce border dispute ...