The first year of President Donald Trump’s second term brought many significant changes to U.S. foreign policy, as the ...

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On Dec. 5, 2025, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz reached a significant milestone in his bid to build “Europe’s strongest ...

On a frozen Himalayan ridgeline, Indian and Chinese troops still stare at each other through rifle sights. Thousands of miles ...

In honor of Christmas, we proudly publish the text of Brig. Gen. Anthony McAuliffe's 1944 Christmas letter to the U.S. 101st ...

In 2020, Justin Lynch wrote “Yet Another About Information Technology and the Character of War,” where he argued that the ...

This article was originally published in 2023. It is a story so well known it has become a meme. “Americans: Willing to cross ...

As the year comes to a close, Dara Massicot and Mike Kofman talk with Ryan about the state of play from diplomacy to the ...

Some of the risks for global security in 2026 are obvious — such as increasing tensions between the United States and China, ...

The United States has signaled that it wants to take a fresh look at the legal tools used to identify and prosecute terrorist groups. Its most recent move ...

President Donald Trump signed the Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act last week. At more than 3000 pages, the document reflects a series of negotiated changes to Defense Department ...