List of Department of Defense articles
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Xi and Trump walk side by side. How Strong Is China’s Rare-Earth Card?
Washington is making big moves, but Beijing has a powerful hand.
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk meets with cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on April 7, 2022. DOGE Has Its Sights on the Defense Department
One of the worst cost-saving ideas is to close yet more military bases.
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An elderly man and woman sit on the ground, the man on his knees as he sorts through something on the ground. Behind him are a rusted cart and bicycle in front of a paint-smeared concrete wall and a battered corrugated metal sign with the words USAID: From the American people" on it. What Trump’s New Budget Says About U.S. Foreign Policy
The president wants to significantly pull back on many of America’s traditional global engagements while spending more on the border and defense.
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth waits to take the stage to deliver remarks to students, faculty, and staff at the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, on April 23. Chaos at the Pentagon Threatens Hegseth’s Tenure
A raft of scandals and departures have turned up the heat on the inexperienced defense secretary.
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Donald Trump is seen in profile as he walks in front of a crowd of reporters with cameras and microphones poised. Trump wears a navy blue suit and red tie; the room behind him is large and decorated ornately with carved white walls and gold curtains. Trump’s Defense Plans Are a Reagan Redux
Both men granted the Pentagon blank checks to spend on their outlandish national-security obsessions.
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Five U.S. government officials, dressed in business formal or military attire, sit side-by-side at a long table, each in front of a microphone and a namecard. The shot is taken from slightly below the table, showing a dark room behind the officials other than bright white fluorescent lights that glare in a grid pattern overhead. How the Signal Chat Leak Makes the NSA’s Job Harder
Now that everyone uses the same communications technologies, security vulnerabilities are amplified.
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CIA Director John Ratcliffe, accompanied by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing in Washington, D.C. Senators Grill CIA and National Intelligence Directors on Signal Group Chat Fiasco
A hearing meant to discuss global threats to the United States was quickly overtaken by “Signalgate.”
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Hegseth dressed in a blue suit with a red tie sits in front of a table with a microphone in a Senate room. Sen. Duckworth Says Hegseth Is Trump’s ‘Least Qualified’ Cabinet Pick
Pete Hegseth’s inexperience could put troops’ lives in danger, warned the combat veteran who sits on the Senate Armed Services Committee.
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U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on Sept. 26. Biden’s Complicated Ukraine Legacy
A vital but halting supply of military aid has opened up the U.S. president to criticism from all sides.
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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump arrives to speak during an election night event at the Palm Beach Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Nov. 6. Trump Sets His Sights on the Pentagon
His defense secretary pick wants to get rid of “woke” generals.
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Donald Trump salutes U.S. military cadets, who are seen from behind in their formal dress uniforms as they face him. Trump’s Plans for the Pentagon
What the U.S. president-elect has said about his agenda for the military.
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Unit X: How the Pentagon and Silicon Valley Are Transforming the Future of War, Raj M. Shah and Christopher Kirchhoff, Scribner, 336 pp., $30, July 2024. Silicon Valley Hasn’t Revolutionized Warfare—Yet
The Pentagon is warming up to commercial technologies, but it has a long way to go.
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Aerial view of the Northern Graphite mine in Lac-des-Iles, Quebec. China Tightens Its Grip on Yet Another Critical Mineral
And for now, the United States has few other options.
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The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln transits the Strait of Hormuz as an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter lifts off from the flight deck on Nov. 19, 2019. America’s Middle East Defense Rests on Aircraft Carriers
They have big guns, fighter jets, and are hard to kill—with Iran’s weapons, at least.
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In this handout image released by the South Korean Defense Ministry, South Korean Navy's destroyer Yulgok Yi I (R) U.S. Navy's aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (C) and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's Umigiri, (L) sail in formation during a joint naval exercise in international waters off South Korea's southern island of Jeju on Apr. 4, 2023 The U.S. Must Prepare to Fight China and North Korea at the Same Time
A conflict in Taiwan is likely to draw Pyongyang in—and the U.S. military isn’t ready for it.
