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Who Should Be NATO’s Next Secretary General?
With profound challenges on the horizon, NATO needs a highly skilled leader to be its voice. Only candidates with international credibility and a track record of delivering for Ukraine need apply.
We Argued About Admitting Ukraine to NATO in 2008. Now We Agree on It.
The authors—longtime senior U.S. and German national-security figures—describe how they concluded that alliance membership is a necessary step.
USAF Should Rethink Its Approach to Mental Health and Suicide
The commander and senior enlisted leader of the service’s Expeditionary Center see a back-to-basics path to stronger Airmen.
‘MAGA’ Republicans Are Dismantling Ronald Reagan’s Legacy
Efforts to draft the U.S. military into culture wars are undoing its Reagan-era rise from post-Vietnam malaise.
The National Counterterrorism Center Must Expand to Better Fight Domestic Terrorists
Broadening the NCTC’s mission to include homegrown terrorism will require bold executive leadership and congressional action.
Why Isn’t the Pentagon Helping the International Court Prosecute Putin?
DOD’s concerns about “reciprocity” should not constrain U.S. efforts to help Ukraine pursue justice.
Chinese Breakthroughs Bring Quantum Tools Closer to Practicality
Still, concerns of a Chinese “quantum supremacy” should be softened by the realities and difficulties of this new space.
DOD Managers Need a New Approach. SOCOM Can Lead the Way
The Pentagon's McNamara-era philosophy is woefully insufficient to a world that changes daily. U.S. Special Operations Command is working to craft a better one.
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How Special Operations Forces Must Meet the Challenges of a New Era
To the commander of U.S. SOCOM, what matters most is whether we solve the problem our nation needs solved.
Want More Pentagon Innovation? Try This Experiment
A former Defense Secretary and Air Force Secretary propose more budgetary flexibility and a new approach to program management.
To Keep Hackers Out of US Weapons, the Pentagon Needs to Get In
Constant surveillance of data flows is key to spotting dangerous intrusions.
In Ukraine, A New Chance to Judge the Patriot Missile
The much-lauded air-defense system has a decidedly mixed record. The Pentagon should watch its performance carefully.
What Sudan’s Plunge into Chaos Means for US Strategy
The 2019 coup led not to democracy but to a global rush for influence and mineral wealth.
How Tucker Carlson Helped Turn Americans Against the Military
The partisan firebrand told viewers that uniformed leaders were out to weaken the armed forces and the country itself.
Why the US Military’s Messages Are Falling on Deaf Middle Eastern Ears
Its timeworn approach is out of step with the region, and with America.
Biden Must Resist Calls to Send Cluster Munitions to Ukraine
Transferring the weapons may bring tactical benefits but would be a strategic disaster.
Is the US in a Space Race Against China?
If so, it's a pretty one-sided contest so far.
The NSA’s Brain Drain Has a Silver Lining
Agency leaders should use former employees to recruit new talent and cement public-private working relationships.
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