Policy

Biden’s China Policy Starts With Building a Stronger America

Part 2: The candidate’s surrogates are outlining a plan to beat China’s leaders, not change them.

Ideas

SPECIAL REPORT: What if Biden Wins?

Part 1: Here’s what the world should expect from Joe Biden.

Ideas

I Am Vanessa Guillen

I, too, was harassed, belittled, groped, touched, rubbed, threatened, assaulted, and demeaned. I was raped. Military justice needs to change.

Policy

Trump Says Wisconsin Shipyard’s ‘Location’ Swayed Navy’s Frigate Award

The president also claims he’s made the service’s ships more beautiful.

Policy

The Pentagon's Research Chief and His Deputy Are Resigning

Michael Griffin, defense undersecretary for research and engineering, and his deputy announced their July 10 departure in an email to staff.

Ideas

Now Who’s Weak on China? Bolton Paints Trump as Ignorant and Servile

The GOP’s reelection effort to deflect criticism on ‘Beijing Biden’ is destroyed by Trump’s former national security advisor.

Science & Tech

Chinese Students Are Key to US National Security, Eric Schmidt Says

Google CEO-turned-DoD advisor pushes back on notion that turning Chinese students away will keep America safer.

Ideas

Milley's Chance to Right His ‘Mistake’

The Joint Chiefs chairman now says he was wrong to walk with the president. Will he survive to push back a second time?

Policy

Trump To Sanction ICC Officials Investigating Alleged US War Crimes In Afghanistan

The court’s top prosecutor found that the U.S. military may have committed “torture.”

Policy

Trump Vows to Keep Confederates’ Names on US Army Bases

As the military wrestles with racism and its symbols, the commander-in-chief draws a line.

Ideas

We Need Joe Biden

Donald Trump has failed. Our national cohesion and security can’t wait another five years.

Policy

Trump Appointee to Foreign Aid Agency Has Denounced Liberal Democracy and 'Our Homo-Empire'

USAID's new deputy White House liaison has condemned the “tyrannical LGBT agenda” and celebrated Hungary’s right-wing prime minister as “the shining champion of Western civilization.”

Science & Tech

The US Army Has Grounded the Two Pilots Who Flew Low Over DC

Active duty soldiers in the nation’s capital will also be returning home.

Policy

The Generals Are Speaking Up. Is That a Good Thing?

Scholars are warning about what others are celebrating as a necessary corrective to a commander in chief gone wrong.

Policy

What The Iraq War Can Teach Us About Better Policing

One lesson: if you treat a neighborhood like a battlespace, you’re well on the way to losing the war.

Policy

Esper Opposes Insurrection Act Use

Trump has threatened to invoke the act in order to use active duty troops to police protests.

Ideas

Trump Finally Gets the War He Wanted

Gen. Milley and Secretary Esper accompanied the president to a photo op — and right into his American war.

Ideas

Americans Should Fight Propaganda, Like We Used To

Do we care what the rest of the world believes about us? We should.

Policy

What the National Guard Is Doing During the Protests

Guardsmen appear to have been involved in at least one fatal clash.

Policy

On Chaotic Day, Trump Vows To ‘Eliminate’ Hong Kong’s Special Status

The move is intended to dissuade China. Some analysts believe it will do the opposite.