SecurityCommentary
Why Peace Through Strength Ensures Our Safety at Home
The America that we cherish and hope to pass on to the next generation depends on the promise that we have a military strong enough… Read More
SecurityCommentary
5 Things to Watch in Tracking the Future of ISIS
Almost as soon as it became clear that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was dead, the revisionism began about whether this was actually a good… Read More
SecurityFeature
US Troops Prepare to Fight in a Way That Looks More Like World War II
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany—Exactly 75 years and one week after the first American patrol crossed into Nazi Germany during World War II, hundreds of U.S…. Read More
SecurityCommentary
Is America’s Military Headed for a ‘Rocky’ Experience?
Movie sequels rarely top the original. But that doesn’t mean they can’t offer some useful real-world lessons. Take “Rocky III.” The film starts off with… Read More
SecurityNews
US Military Strength Rated ‘Marginal’ as China, Russia on Move
America’s military is stronger than before, but lacks the capacity to fight more than one war with a major power as adversaries such as China… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Index of Military Strength Finds Preparedness to Defend Homeland, Win Wars ‘Marginal’
How prepared is the United States military to defend the American homeland, win wars abroad, and preserve freedom of commerce internationally? Marginally. “Marginal” is a… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Window Closing for Nuke Talks With North Korea
North Korea and the United States gave strikingly different interpretations of the collapse of working-level denuclearization talks in Stockholm. Pyongyang characteristically took a maximalist approach,… Read More
SecurityNews
Trump Announces ‘Permanent’ Cease-Fire, End to Sanctions on Turkey
President Donald Trump announced what he called a “permanent” cease-fire between Turkey and the Kurds, as well as the lifting of U.S. sanctions on Turkey…. Read More
SecurityNews
Pence: ‘Permanent’ Cease-Fire Achievable Between Turks and Kurds
Vice President Mike Pence expressed hope Tuesday night for a “permanent” cease-fire between Turkey and the Kurds after the five-day pause in hostilities in northeastern… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Syria Cease-Fire Should Avoid Needless Bloodshed
Vice President Mike Pence, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and national security adviser Robert O’Brien showed they know how to talk Turkey when they announced… Read More
