Ideas

What's Next in Syria?

After military strikes, the next steps are likely to be diplomatic.

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.

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.