Threats

Pentagon: Beijing Is Arming Its Manmade Islands in South China Sea

With its reef expansion apparently finishing up, China is working to extend the reach of its military power.

Threats

Russian Fighter Jet Intercepts a B-52 Over the Baltic Sea

A tense exchange near Russia’s border as European Command-led exercises get underway.

Threats

Trump’s Paris Decision Hurts More than the Climate

America’s withdrawal will leave the world hotter, more erratic, politically fractured, and facing toward Beijing.

Threats

Fortress Britain's Coming Crackdown

In the wake of the Manchester attack, the U.K. government is stationing troops in cities and fast-tracking new laws to access encrypted messages.

Threats

Pentagon: Anti-Missile Weapons Can Keep US Safe Until 2020

The three-star who ran the May 30 test says it proves that U.S. defenses are at least three years ahead of North Korea’s ICBMs.

Threats

North Korea Is Helping China in the South China Sea—Whether It Knows It or Not

Pyongyang’s rocket tests have elbowed Beijing’s land grab out of the spotlight — just as the Chinese might have hoped.

Ideas

Hey, NATO, Let's Move Those 50 US Thermonuclear Weapons Out of Turkey

Why risk it? Even if NATO wants the nukes in Europe, Erdogan’s unstable regime is 68 miles from Syria, the hottest conflict zone on earth.

Threats

Kim Jong Un Plans to Mass Produce Ballistic Missiles

After a successful test launch on Sunday, the North Korean leader approved the deployment of medium-range ballistic missiles.