List of Military articles
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrives for a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping and French President Emmanuel Macron at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on April 6. Europe Is Disastrously Split on China
Emmanuel Macron served Xi Jinping a strategic triumph on a silver platter.
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An illustration showing a tank firing rows of binary code to represent digital warfare How AI Will Revolutionize Warfare
The new arms race in technology has no rules and few guardrails.
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A picture shows a funeral ceremony for a fallen Russian soldier at a cemetery in Bogoroditsk, Russia. Casualties Won’t Topple Putin
But they will make his job much more difficult.
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People stand after the ceremonial raising of the Finnish national flag at NATO headquarters in Brussels on April 4. Why Neutrality Is Obsolete in the 21st Century
As Finland joins NATO, a few European holdouts cling to nonalignment.
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U.S. President Joe Biden walks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv. Will U.S. Support for Ukraine Outlast Biden?
China hawks in Washington rattle nerves in Europe.
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Finnish President Sauli Niinisto signs Finland's national NATO legislation in Helsinki. Finland’s ‘NATO Option’ Set to Become Reality
Putin’s war in Ukraine is about to add 800 miles to his headaches.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to Iowa voters gathered at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines, Iowa, on March 10. American Consensus on Ukraine Has Fractured
Here’s how the war could play out in the 2024 presidential campaign.
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From left: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, U.S. President Joe Biden, and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak hold a press conference after a trilateral meeting in San Diego on March 13. AUKUS Gets Awkward Down Under
A controversy threatens to blow the alliance’s nuclear submarine deal out of the water.
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A Russian T-80 tank in Ukraine’s Donbas region on March 11. A Tank by Any Other Name
The naming conventions vary—but the strength and speed remain the same.
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Protesters gather amid ongoing demonstrations against controversial legal reforms being touted by the country's hard-right government in Tel Aviv on March 23. Netanyahu’s Legal Crusade Is Sparking a Military Backlash in Israel
Top generals worry about the fate of liberal democracy—and that the country’s enemies see mass refusal among reservists as an opportunity to strike.
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Kurdish military officers take part in a graduation ceremony in Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s Kurdistan Region, on Jan. 15. Iraqi Kurdistan’s House of Cards Is Collapsing
The region once seemed a bright spot in the disorder unleashed by U.S. regime change. Today, things look bleak.
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U.S. President Joe Biden (L) meets Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (R) at Alsalam Royal Palace in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on July 15, 2022. Why Washington Should Say No to Riyadh
Saudi Arabia wants a formal alliance in exchange for normalizing ties with Israel, but the focus of any deal must be U.S. national interests, not an ally’s.
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A U.S. Army Bradley infantry fighting vehicle is seen in a military exercise between the Syrian Democratic Forces and the U.S.-led international coalition near Deir ez-Zor, Syria, on Dec. 7, 2021. Even More Than Tanks and Planes, Ukraine Needs IFVs
Front-line officers are desperate for a less glamorous weapon: the infantry fighting vehicle.
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A Likud Party election banner hanging from a building shows Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shaking hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi with a caption above reading in Hebrew "Netanyahu, in another league", in Tel Aviv on July 28, 2019. How Modi and Bibi Built a Military Alliance
India and Israel have strengthened their defense ties in recent years—but a new book makes the relationship sound more sinister than it is.
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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is saluted by members of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) during an international fleet review commemorating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the MSDF at Sagami Bay off Yokosuka, Japan. A Solution for Japan’s Military Mismatch
Given that Japan’s primary threats are maritime, why has it invested so heavily in a land-based force?
