Arms

As the war in Ukraine continues, there is an emerging consensus across the national security community – including senior defense leaders, members of Congress, defense industry professionals,…

India is regarded as the “weak” link in the Quad—an informal strategic group with a focus on the Indo-Pacific region—largely because its policy actions (reluctance to embrace traditional security issues…

In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) accepted hard realities and made significant changes with its release of the 2022 Strategic Concept. However,…

U.S. President Joe Biden proposed strategic stability talks with China in November. If held, the discussions will be an important step toward possible nuclear risk reduction. But as the United…

China is modernizing and expanding its nuclear arsenal, consistent with President Xi Jinping’s desire to build Chinese wealth and power. To understand China’s strategy — and how to counter it…

Military machines can increasingly move, search for targets, and even kill without human control. Current autonomous weapons have typically been used for tactical defense, but the future is unclear. Because…

As the Biden administration appears to recommit to a foreign policy based on democracy and human rights, Bahrain offers a stark reminder of the difficulty of pursuing such a policy…

Beijing is making a major investment in hypersonic missiles.  China’s military leadership see this technology as an important element of its regional warfighting strategy and possibly its strategic deterrent.   China…

Since Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar initiated his effort to take Libya’s capital, Tripoli, by force on April 4, 2019, Libya has remained in a state of full-on civil war.

An Unacceptable Pattern of Harm Twenty years after the UN Security Council first adopted the resolution on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict—and 70 years after the Geneva…