defense spending

Some lawmakers and many national security experts are wary of another general atop the Pentagon, but Lloyd Austin has the president-elect’s ear—and backing.

Paul Biya’s regime is ignoring the battle against Boko Haram and the Islamic State and using foreign counterterrorism assistance to fund its brutal repression of citizens with legitimate grievances.

Years of quiet development are finally paying off, and Abu Dhabi’s defense industry can largely stand on its own feet.

The first step is deciding what the United States wants its military to do.

A new game meant to help the U.S. government write the 2018 National Defense Strategy shows what happens when resources and commitments collide.

Tucked into the sprawling defense authorization bill are measures to create a corporate ownership registry, which would plug one of America’s glaring gaps.

When the coronavirus crisis is over, China will be forced to embrace a less ambitious future.

If Beijing is the problem, let’s “put our money where our mouth is,” says a senior Republican.

Inflated threats, concealed costs, and lack of accountability for failure—and the complicity of the foreign-policy establishment—have kept the infinity war going for 18 years.

Washington has abandoned the Kurds. If Europe doesn’t bolster its defenses, the Poles, Lithuanians, and Latvians could be next. 

To pull its weight, it needs to start seeing itself as a normal country, subject to the same pressures as all its neighbors.

Donald Trump and Mike Pompeo have made it clear that the United States is no longer committed to protecting Europe. The need for a viable pan-European defense force has never been greater.

The U.S. foreign-policy establishment shouldn’t balk at pledges to roll back national security commitments.

On NATO’s 70th anniversary, it is time for burden shedding—not burden sharing.

A fight over defense spending could soon split Germany’s ruling coalition.

Mikheil Saakashvili’s country was a victim of Putin’s aggression. Finland and Sweden won’t be.

Faced with China’s increasing aggression, Japan must invest in fifth-generation fighter jets to deter Beijing’s expansion.

The White House’s annual budget request would give the Defense Department even more than it hoped for.

China, Russia, and the United States are approaching the long-term strategic potential of artificial intelligence very differently. The country that gets it right will reap huge military benefits.

Arguments about defense spending should be focused on foreign policy and what the military actually wants to do.