Ideas
Seven Disturbing Implications of Trump's Syria Strike
The attack raises a series of questions about the president’s approach to America’s political processes and institutions.
Threats
The Stockholm Attack Is a Stark Reminder We Have No Way to Fight Low-Tech Terror
As terror attacks become less sophisticated, they are also becoming more difficult to prevent.
Ideas
Counterpoint: Trump’s Syria Strike Was Unconstitutional and Unwise
The military intervention solved nothing, while bypassing Congress, betraying the president’s non-interventionist supporters, and highlighting his hypocrisy.
Ideas
The Obama Doctrine, R.I.P.
Under pressure to respond to Assad’s use of chemical weapons, Trump reached for the same playbook that his predecessor resisted opening.
Threats
What Are America's Options on North Korea?
At this point, there are only two ways to reverse its nuclear program, one expert says.
Ideas
America Should Have Hit Assad Four Years Ago
When dealing with mass killing, deterrence is more effective than disarmament.
Ideas
‘It Was High Time’
The right move, if the wrong president, for Obama's internal critics who wanted air strikes in Syria for three years.
Threats
The Fight Against the Islamic State Just Got Harder
Initial thoughts on the Trump administration’s new front in the Syrian war.
Science & Tech
The Sarin Gas Attack In Syria Ignited an Information Battle
Victims quickly took to social media to distribute evidence of the use of chemical weapons.
Threats
US Hits Syrian Airbase With Scores of Cruise Missiles
A retaliation for the Assad regime's April 4 use of chemical weapons, the strike deepens the U.S. involvement in Syria's civil war.
Threats
The US Was Already Fighting in Syria
It has targeted ISIS and other terrorist groups, not the Assad regime—though that might change soon.
Science & Tech
The Five Coolest Drones from America's Biggest Naval Arms Show
New drones above and beneath the waves will change the way navies sail and fight in contested waters.
Science & Tech
As Trump Meets China, US Worries About Beijing’s Supercomputers and Industrial Espionage
Network breaches? NSA research director says we ain’t seen nothing yet.
Defense Systems
Army ACCENT deal accelerates cloud migration
A new 50-vendor contract will speed up data consolidation and migration to the private cloud.
Defense Systems
Army soldier IT migrates toward cloud
A new 50-vendor contract will speed up data consolidation and migration to the private cloud.
Defense Systems