List of United States articles
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US President Donald Trump acknowledges the crowd during the Presidential Inauguration at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2017. / AFP / POOL / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images) Goodbye and Hello: A Shadow Government Peaceful Transfer of Power
A look back on the past eight years, a transition to a new Shadow Government, and where the Elephants in the Room go from here.
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screen-shot-2017-01-20-at-12-00-50-pm Review: “On War and Politics”
Retired General Arnold Punaro in October published a book which details his service in Vietnam, his 25 years in the Senate working for Senator Nunn, his 35 years of active and reserved duty in the Marine Corps, and his 20 years in the private sector.
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gettyimages-632183076 What Kind of New Beginning?
Inauguration Day in America might be the beginning of something great.
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US President Barack Obama (R) is awarded the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service by US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter during an Armed Forces Full Honor Farewell Review in his honor at Joint Base Myer-Henderson in Arlington, Virginia, January 4, 2017. / AFP / JIM WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images) Ash Carter Won’t Leave Asia Quietly
A last ditch effort by Obama's Defense Secretary to soothe the nerves of Asian allies terrified by the next administration.
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VIETNAM WAR-25TH ANNIVERSARY: Picture dated 30 April 1970 of Republican president Richard Nixon announcing during a press conference the entry of American soldiers in Cambodia. Richard Nixon was elected in 1968 and re-elected in 1972 but had to resign in August 1974 after the Watergate scandal. (Photo credit should read STF/AFP/Getty Images) As Disrupter in Chief, Trump is No Nixon
The real question for the new administration is whether disruption and unpredictability can be hitched to constructive strategic goals.
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NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 13: President-elect Donald Trump gets into the elevator after speaking to reporters after his meeting with television personality Steve Harvey at Trump Tower, January 13, 2017 in New York City. President-elect Trump continues to hold meetings at Trump Tower in New York. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Trump’s National Security Team Is Missing in Action
Trump’s train wreck of a transition stumbles into office with key vacancies in top positions and wracked by infighting.
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Activists display a photo of US President Barack Obama (L) and pictures of former US spy Edward Snowden (C) and whistleblower Bradley Manning (R) during a protest action on June 19, 2013 in Berlin on behalf of the visit of the US President in the German capital. Barack Obama will walk in John F. Kennedy's footsteps this week on his first visit to Berlin as US president, but encounter a more powerful and sceptical Germany in talks on trade and secret surveillance practices.. AFP PHOTO / RONNY HARTMANN Why Obama Made the Wrong Call on Chelsea Manning
Extending legal reasoning appropriate to our civilian society into the military in ways that don’t align with the purposes of military activity corrodes the military’s ability to serve its function.
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GRAND RAPIDS, MI - DECEMBER 9: President-elect Donald Trump looks on during a rally at the DeltaPlex Arena, December 9, 2016 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. President-elect Donald Trump is continuing his victory tour across the country. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) We Are the Last Defense Against Trump
America's institutions weren't designed to resist a modern strongman. That leaves civil society.
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gettyimages-577291994crop Can Rudy Giuliani Make Cybersecurity Great Again?
Trump has tapped the former New York mayor to lead a computer security advisory council.
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gettyimages-631547488crop Trump’s Pick for CIA Chief Takes Hard Line on Russia
Mike Pompeo, a Kansas lawmaker tapped to run the CIA, distanced himself from Trump’s Russia-friendly stance.
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LANGLEY, VA - JULY 9: The CIA symbol is shown on the floor of CIA Headquarters, July 9, 2004 at CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia. Earlier today the Senate Intelligence Committee released its report on the numerous failures in the CIA reporting of alleged Iraqi weapons of mass destruction. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) The Intelligence Community Faces Sharp Challenges, but No Crisis
Perhaps the greatest risk is that bitter residue from this scuffle over a single (albeit significant) analytic assessment will deflect attention from the more serious intelligence policy questions that require the government’s attention.
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US President-elect Donald Trump calls on a reporter during a press conference January 11, 2017 at Trump Tower in New York. Trump held his first news conference in nearly six months Wednesday, amid explosive allegations over his ties to Russia, a little more than a week before his inauguration. / AFP / TIMOTHY A. CLARY (Photo credit should read TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images) Trump Dodges Questions Over Ties to Russia
The president-elect conceded Moscow hacked the U.S. election, but accused intelligence agencies of ‘Nazi’ tactics.
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A nurse injects an anti-flu vaccine to a woman on September 14, 2009 at the Clermont-Ferrand hospital, central France, during a test with volunteers directed by medicine Claude Dubray as a preventive measure from the H1N1 virus (swine flu). At least 3,205 people have died of the disease worldwide since it was uncovered in April, the World Health Organisation (WTO) told in a conference in Vienna today. AFP PHOTO THIERRY ZOCCOLAN (Photo credit should read THIERRY ZOCCOLAN/AFP/Getty Images) Donald Trump and the Anti-Vaxxer Conspiracy Theorists
The president-elect’s dangerous views on the safety of vaccines threaten the lives of millions of Americans.
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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 4: U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) meets with retired General James Mattis on January 4, 2017 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. General Mattis is President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense. (Photo by Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images) 7 Tough Questions for ‘Mad Dog’ Mattis
Does Gen. James Mattis have what it takes to disagree with a reckless and uninformed commander in chief?
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gettyimages-631415496crop FBI Boss Comey Won’t Say If Investigating Trump’s Ties to Russia
The incoming Trump cabinet faced a day of grilling on the Hill over Russian meddling in the election.
