Defense And Security Archive
Archives for December 2018
Michael Beschloss says President Donald Trump is “in a category of his own” among America’s commanders in chief.
This is how the world ends — not with a bang, but with a lot of really big bombs.
How two complementary extremisms are defining global politics.
Trump announced the retired general would depart early next year in a Thursday tweet.
The Pentagon and State Department seem completely blindsided by Trump’s ordered Syria withdrawal.
Future presidents will remember this moment.
That could be a boon to Iran, ISIS, and Russia.
It’s just crazy enough to work, even though it probably won’t.
“It’s frightening to think about,” a prominent scholar said.
An expert explains how Obama left Trump a North Korea mess, and how Trump found a way to make it more dangerous.
Rep. Adam Schiff reveals the issues his panel could investigate in the next Congress.
If he’s confirmed by the Senate, Milley would become Trump’s top military adviser.
North Korea is still building missiles despite Trump’s optimism.
Why we need to take the threat of bioengineered superbugs seriously.
Russia now has 60 days to comply, or else the US will start withdrawing from a deal that Reagan signed.