Military strategy

Washington’s new rivalry with Beijing isn’t a reprise of the Cold War. It’s much more complicated.

This is a lame-duck presidency unlike any other and the potential for surprises—and conflict—are high.

For all the talk of a new administration boldly reengaging with the world after four years of “America first,” Trump’s strategic retrenchment can only be the start.

India is beefing up its island defenses as Beijing seeks a quicker route to the Indian Ocean.

One of America’s weirdest strategic obsessions won’t go away.

The arts are invaluable to national security policymakers facing an ever-changing future.

Confusion over the removal of missiles and aircraft from Saudi Arabia could invite the aggression the United States is trying to avoid.

Beijing's plans to build new missiles, expand anti-satellite capabilities and increase nuclear material production far above civilian needs have the world guessing.

Rash action by Tehran-connected groups could provoke an escalatory cycle.

There’s only one positive aspect to the disaster in Syria: It’s forcing an overdue conversation about U.S. grand strategy.

Seventy-five years after D-Day, the United States should remember that on-the-ground leadership still works.

The future will be determined by a handful of big questions that don’t yet have answers.

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

First he came for Georgia, then for Ukraine. Vladimir Putin’s next target is likely to be a non-NATO nation in the EU.

Moscow’s missile capabilities in the Baltic Sea region are not nearly as dangerous as they seem.

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.

Successive U.S. administrations failed to heed the lessons of a forgotten counterinsurgency success story from Vietnam.

Russia’s provocations in the Kerch Strait aren’t just a challenge to Ukraine. Like Beijing in the South China Sea, Moscow is seeking to undermine international maritime law.

A recent article argues that the lack of legal norms invites cyberconflict. But governments know the price of overreach and are refraining from unleashing their full capabilities.

Joint military exercises have kept the relationship strong despite Trump, but that could soon change.