Threats
Critics, Allies Wonder What Trump’s Trying to Achieve with Troop Cuts
One GOP lawmaker worries “it’s going to hurt U.S. strategic interests more than it’s going to punish Germany.”
Ideas
Cool It With the ‘America In Decline’ Talk
Clear-eyed assessment, not reductive defeatism, is required to develop a foreign policy that meets U.S. interests.
Ideas
Estonia Already Lives Online. Why Can’t the United States?
Using secure identification, people there can bank, apply for government assistance, file for sick leave, order prescriptions, and get medical care—all online.
Ideas
A Foreign General Is Helping to Lead US Army Europe. Other Commands Should Take Heed
The German military sends its best to serve as an American general’s chief of staff, to everyone’s benefit.
Ideas
The Pandemic’s Geopolitical Aftershocks Are Coming
Western capitals aren’t just worried about the risk of a resurgence in coronavirus cases.
Ideas
Europe Was Just Getting Better at Moving Militaries
With Russia, China, and the coronavirus to worry about, reliably being able to move allied forces across the continent should remain a priority.
Ideas
We Need an Atlantic Charter for the Post-Coronavirus Era
This moment presents a once-in-a-century opportunity for American leaders to wrest a better future.
Ideas
No Military Has Done More for Corona-Stricken Allies Than Germany’s
The Bundeswehr has been flying supplies to, and medevacing patients from, its European neighbors.
Threats
America’s Allies Are Becoming a Nuclear-Proliferation Threat
Some of the United States' oldest allies are considering the once-unthinkable: building their own nuclear weapons.
Business
F-35 Factories In Italy, Japan Are Reopening After Closing for Coronavirus
An assembly plant in Japan is already open and another in Italy is expected to reopen on Wednesday.
Policy
Pentagon Suspends Troop Travel in Affected Countries; Trump Limits Travel from Mainland Europe
Defense Secretary orders 60-day ban on troops, civilians, and families traveling “to, from, or through” Germany, South Korea, Italy, France, others.
Ideas
As Coronavirus Explodes in Italy, Doctors Are Forced to Choose Who Gets Care
With patients overflowing hospitals, a leading medical organization offers guidance for military-style triage, including: deny care to people too old to be likely to recover.
Ideas
The West Can’t Even Agree on Itself, Much Less China
At the Munich Security Conference, allies argued with each other as much as their adversaries, rejecting Trump administration views on issue after issue.
Ideas
America Is Alone in Its Cold War With China
If the Trump administration is truly going all-in on competition with Beijing, it’s not clear that Trump himself is fully on board. Nor, it’s now clear, are several of America’s closest friends.
Ideas
The Corrosion of World Order in the Age of Donald Trump
Can the world still work together to address today’s most pressing global challenges?
Ideas
The US Should Accept Russia’s Proposed Moratorium on Post-INF Missiles
The temporary measure has no near-term downside — and may jumpstart important arms-control talks.
Ideas
Trump’s Iran Strategy Isn’t Working as Well as He Thinks
The killing of Qassem Soleimani upended expectations in useful ways, but the U.S. isn’t in a position to capitalize on the turmoil.
Ideas
Stop the ‘Blood Coal’ That Funds Russia’s Occupation of Ukraine
Moscow is selling Ukrainian coal to subsidize its military operations. Western sanctions must end that.
Ideas