National Security

Republicans should start off on the right foot as we transition into the opposition.

Instead of talking about “binders full of women,” the new president has appointed several key female leaders in the national security agencies—but the U.S. government is still a long way from gender parity.

Biden’s nomination of a retired general to head the Pentagon reinforces a dangerous trend. His confirmation must come with concrete safeguards.

Rebuilding Republican credibility in national security will require an honest look at Trumpism—and a return to our party’s foreign-policy principles.

Why Biden could lose the left, the peril of persuasion in the Big Tech age, and old rivals join forces in Kashmir.

Jake Sullivan spent several years working on a less ambitious approach to U.S. global interests that could disappoint both internationalists and progressives.

Nancy McEldowney is one of several former senior foreign service officers expected to join the senior ranks of the new U.S. administration.

The U.S. president-elect laid out most of his national security team even as more Republicans abandoned Trump and his legal battles over the election results.

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

Refusing to concede and start the transition creates mostly hindrances, not disasters. But on key issues, obstructing Biden puts America in danger.

Officials are warily watching for adversaries like Russia, Iran, and North Korea to exploit the moment.

The Trump administration’s decision to scale back briefings on election security needs to be reversed. Here’s how to do it.

Trump’s friends have opted for their usual grievance politics.

A Trump empowered with a second term would be a threat to the United States, especially in Asia.

Washington’s honest broker built a National Security Council that placed a lot of power in the hands of a trusted few—despite the chance that those hands might belong to someone like Trump.

A key foreign-policy guide to Presidents Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush, Scowcroft helped shape the National Security Council as we now know it.

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

John Ratcliffe, a Trump loyalist without intelligence experience, sees his job as helping the president and undermining the intelligence community.

The Broadway musical offers lessons on everything from regime change to balancing ideals and interests.

More national security experts are running for Congress in 2020 than in most past elections.