In just two months, NATO leaders will gather for their first formal summit in two years. The agenda will include revising NATO’s Command Structure, ensuring fair burden-sharing, increasing cooperation between…
While the world bemoans the lack of inspired solutions for dealing with the North Korean missile threat, another danger looms under the public’s radar: that of hypersonic missiles and their…
On February 22, the Brookings Institution Center for East Asia Policy Studies welcomed Dr. Eric Heginbotham as part of a panel to discuss U.S. extended deterrence in Asia, and the…
Introduction The purpose of this article is to examine the origin of the High Value Detainee Interrogation Group (HIG) and to review how it functions in regard to terrorists who…
Iraq is on the brink of civil war. Iraqi Kurdistan’s contentious independence referendum and Baghdad’s heavy-handed response have set the stage for a military clash between the Iraqi military and…
Following an event at Georgetown University with the Center for Professionals in Russian, Eastern European, and Eurasian Affairs, Five Minutes with an Expert sat down with CNA Research Scientist Michael…
The current state of India-U.S. relations marks a complete turnaround of the diplomatic stalemate that marked the two countries’ relationship during the Cold War. A quintessential example of this strategic…
The notion that there are four elements of national power—diplomatic, information, military, and economic—is hegemonic in American military thought. The DIME construct is a starting point for everything from…
UAV technology is poised to present the next major challenge to counter-proliferation agencies. Commonly known as “drones,” Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (“UAVs”) have proliferated at an astonishing speed, doubling over a…
An immutable law of jihadist groups is that they carefully monitor attacks—both successful and unsuccessful—in order to replicate and build upon those that worked and to avoid repeating errors. Even…
