List of U.S. Military articles
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Donald Trump is flanked by U.S. soldiers in formal uniforms as he stands in a doorway of the White House and salutes. Out of focus in the foreground is the bent arm of a soldier saluting back at the president. Will Trump Wage ‘No New Wars’?
Lessons from the past about Trump as commander in chief.
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Kim and Putin meet in North Korea China and North Korea Throw U.S. War Plans Out the Window
The intervention of Asian powers in Europe nullifies decades of U.S. strategic planning.
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U.S. President Donald Trump leaves after speaking during a Make America Great Again rally at Fayetteville Regional Airport in Fayetteville, North Carolina, on Nov. 2, 2020. MAGA-World Is Divided Over Trump’s Foreign-Policy Picks
Hawks Rubio and Waltz are being eyed with concern amid growing calls for U.S. military restraint.
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A Russian soldier patrols the Northern Clover military base on the island of Kotelny in the Russian Arctic on April 3, 2019. The New U.S. Arctic Strategy Is Wrong to Focus on China
It emphasizes limited Chinese activities instead of the much more potent Russian threat.
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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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A vehicle part of a US military convoy drives in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, on Sept. 17. The U.S. Must Learn to Leave Iraq
Getting personnel and equipment out may prove the easy part.
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A member of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment marches by the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia on May 27. Stop Politicizing the Military
The tenor of the first U.S. election campaign with post-9/11 veterans on the ticket has been disappointing.
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A photo illustration shows a missile in place of a direction indicator on the face of a compass. A Course Correction on National Security
The next president will need to embark on a radically different path from the past two administrations.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (C), with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg (L) and U.S. President Joe Biden (R), attends a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council during the NATO 75th anniversary summit at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. Biden’s Ukraine Strategy Is Missing in Action
Lawmakers are frustrated at the lack of a coherent plan as Biden prepares to leave office.
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Ahmad Haidari in front of a helicopter at Kandahar International Airport. ‘They Promised to Take Out Our Families’: The Afghans America Left Behind
Ahmad Haidari flew a U.S.-funded helicopter out of Kabul in August 2021 and hasn’t seen his wife and children since.
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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.
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The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier (left) transits the Strait of Hormuz alongside the USS Farragut and the U.K. Royal Navy's HMS Defender. The Already Stretched U.S. Military Prepares to Defend Israel
“We are not building a military that can handle three theaters simultaneously,” one expert said.
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Former President Trump pumps his fist at 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Decoding Trump’s Foreign Policy
Former Pentagon policymaker Elbridge Colby makes the case for a more transactional, common-sense approach to the world.
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U.S. Army MSgt. David Soto views a solar panel installation at Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base, California, on Aug. 11, 2023. Militaries Can’t Transition to Renewable Energy
For now, fossil fuel use will rise—but the defense sector can lead innovation into the next generation of low-carbon sources.
