Ideas
NATO Should Start Preparing Troops For a Nuclear Battlefield
Our own history can help prepare for the physical and psychological effects should Russia use tactical nukes in the next conflict.
Ideas
NATO Will Need a Transition Plan If Finland, Sweden Ask to Join
Putin will threaten the applicant countries and seek to derail the process.
Ideas
Ukraine Gives Urgency to Giant NATO Cold-Weather Exercise
Russia is surely watching the 29-country wargame closely.
Ideas
Defense One Radio, Ep. 97: Putin's long war
Two experts look to history for some clues about the possible future of Russia's Ukraine invasion.
Threats
NATO Ignores Zelenskyy’s Plea For 1% of Its Tanks, Jets
Alliance announces four new battlegroups as GOP calls for more direct aid to Ukraine.
Ideas
A Proposed NATO Peacekeeping Mission to Ukraine Could Deepen the Conflict
NATO should continue to support peace talks, while staying out of the war.
Threats
US Mulls Larger Permanent Force in Europe, Sends More Missiles to Ukraine
U.S., NATO will take "hard look" at European security footprint no matter how the Ukrainian fight goes, U.S. official says.
Threats
Chemical Weapons a ‘Real Threat’ in Ukraine, Biden Says
Russian rhetoric could be the precursor to an attack, NSA Sullivan says, as NATO plans to move more aid into Ukraine on Thursday.
Policy
Biden Travels to Europe To Ensure the West Will ‘Stay United’
Experts say the NATO alliance has proven as relevant and necessary as ever.
Policy
White House Bureaucracy Is Costing Ukrainian Lives, Senators Say
Lawmakers are urging Biden to send more aid and enforce sanctions as quickly as possible to help Ukraine beat Russia.
Ideas
Congress Still Needs to Protect America’s NATO Membership
Trump was closer than anyone realized to pulling the U.S. out of NATO. Lawmakers must ensure that never happens without them.
Ideas
Defense One Radio, Ep. 96: The impact of Russia’s Ukraine invasion
We assess the economic uncertainty stemming from Vladimir Putin's invasion of democratic Ukraine.
Ideas
How to Stop Putin Without Starting WWIII
The greatest risk the United States and European countries face right now is mission creep from their own desire to do more.
Threats
Why the US Won’t Give Patriot Interceptors to Ukraine
The Pentagon is still hunting “alternative options” to bolster Ukraine’s air defenses against Russia’s brutal strikes.
Threats
Pentagon Could Need More Cash if Ukraine Support, NATO Border Mission Drags On
Pentagon Comptroller Mike McCord also said allies are contributing more now than in the past.
Ideas
Establish a Zone of Peace in Western Ukraine
Sending foreign troops to defend so-far-uncontested territory is the only way to preserve a free Ukraine and prevent Putin’s next attack.
Threats
Poland Offers Fighter Jets for Ukraine, But US Rejects Swap-and-Send Idea
Warsaw said it would send its MiG-29s to a German air base, leaving delivery to Ukraine up to the U.S. and NATO.
Ideas
Give Putin a Way Out of This
A drawn-out war in Europe that grows increasingly brutal each day is not in anyone’s interest—including Moscow’s.
Threats
Five Reasons Why Russian Forces Are Struggling in Ukraine
From logistics to shoddy information warfare, the invasion force has made many missteps, experts say.
Threats