Ideas
9 Reasons the Iran Deal Makes Sense
Iran’s nuclear ambitions will long remain a cardinal challenge for the United States and its allies. The current agreement puts them in the best position to meet this challenge.
Ideas
How To Avoid All-Out War in Cyberspace
While some fear the Internet will be a primary battlefield for future societies, this alarmism is a bit premature.
Ideas
Where Are Pop Culture’s Women Warriors?
Hollywood leaves female troops off its made-up battlefields — and that matters to audiences and vets themselves.
Ideas
America's Allies Want More From the US
The next president has to figure out how to give it to them – more presence, more forces, more aid.
Ideas
Drifting Down The Nile: US, Egypt Prepare to Talk
The upcoming strategic dialogue will seek to expand the relationship beyond security issues—or maybe just get things back on track.
Ideas
Force 2025 and Beyond: How the Army Is Preparing for Its Future
Over the past year, the Army has refined its vision, its operating concept, and its strategy for comprehensive change. Here’s how they all fit together.
Ideas
Stephen Hawking Doesn’t Have to Fear Killer Robots
Autonomous weapons might instead thin the fog of war and make combat more transparent.
Ideas
America’s First Female Four-Star on Diversity in the Military
What has the U.S. military finally realized about workforce diversity and mission success? Retired Gen. Ann Dunwoody spells it out.
Ideas
Obama's Unnecessary and Risky Foreign Policy Gamble
The President's supporters say he's taking America 'out of the rut of history' with Iran, but he's actually making a generational mistake.
Ideas
The Iran Deal and the Future of Nuclear Nonproliferation Efforts
Negotiations with Tehran show that the global nuclear order works best as a coherent whole. But each component faces real challenges in order to keep the peace.
Ideas
The Lost Pilgrims of the Islamic State
Like past pilgrimages to China and the Soviet Union, the migration of Westerners to the Islamic State group points to the tragic intersection of estrangement and utopian hope.
Ideas
The Nigerian Military's Inconvenient Truth
By emphasizing his desire for weapons above military reforms, Nigeria's new president squandered a valuable opportunity to raise an important issue in U.S. policy circles.
Ideas
Before You Listen To Pundits on Iran, See What They Said On Iraq
To a degree that will baffle historians, the political-intellectual complex that made the Iraq War possible remains intact and powerful.
Ideas
Obama Must Address Kenya’s Alarmingly Weak Counterterrorism Plan
Kenya is under immediate terrorism threat, yet its leaders block civil organizations, target Muslims and extort bribes.
Ideas
Tajikistan’s Security Chief Has Gone Over to ISIS. Now What?
Washington must convince the corrupt and repressive Tajik government to change its ways, lest extremists gain a Central Asian foothold.
Ideas
From VOA to Radio Free Europe, the US Needs a Single News Voice Abroad
To fight Russian and ISIS propaganda, Congress should merge the government’s diverse information services.
Ideas
A Good Iran Deal
To understand just how important the Iran agreement is, let’s compare life with the deal to life without it.
Ideas