Military

The slate of Democratic candidates includes two Rhodes scholars, two ex-soldiers, and a former chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. But don’t count on them to resurrect a Pax Americana.

Spencer’s ouster followed months of tensions with the White House over cost overruns and other issues.

Ten takeaways from the biggest civil-military crisis (so far) of the Trump administration.

The threat from Tehran continues to increase despite U.S. military buildup, U.S. Central Command’s Gen. Kenneth McKenzie says.

New technologies enable Russia and China to destroy U.S. bases and logistics networks—including those on the homeland.

The surveillance aircraft on the chopping block is a variant of the type that Iran shot down this summer.

The move is part of the administration’s campaign to get U.S. allies to pay more for defense. South Korea is also being asked to pony up.

The military is turning its focus to domestic research and development and seeking to become a major arms supplier, and that is scaring North Korea.

The new Indonesian defense minister is a threat to the president—and democracy.

Mandatory military training for students is becoming even more fiercely ideological.

After capitulating to U.S. demands for years, Syrian Kurdish leader Ilham Ahmed has some conditions of her own.

Photos of children show horrific burns caused by what looks like white phosphorus.

The move caught senior defense officials by surprise.

Pyongyang is using a diplomatic impasse to improve its weapons technology.

That’s why, for now, tough talk may remain just that.

This may not be the first time the Javelin antitank missile has been caught in the political crosshairs.