Science & Tech
How the Pentagon is Preparing for a Tank War With Russia
Reactive armor and cross-domain fire capabilities are just some of the items on the Army’s must-have list.
Ideas
If Russia is Selling, the Pentagon Should Keep Buying — Rocket Engines, That Is
What’s the rush? Before hastily cutting off the engines we need, Congress should set the conditions for a better American space launch market.
Ideas
The US Needs to Stop Pouring Rocket Money into Putin’s Pockets
The Delta IV engine is more expensive than the RD-180, but at least it doesn't enrich cronies of the Russian president.
Ideas
Wishing for a US-Made Heavy Lift Rocket Won’t Make It So
If Congress really wants to ditch Russia’s RD-180 engine, it needs to fund the research — and get ready to wait.
Threats
Russian Flybys? NATO’s Baltic Allies Wanted Air Defenses A Year Ago
In an interview, Lithuania’s defense minister said the harassment of an American warship shows why the US should help build the region's missile defenses.
Policy
America's Working on Its Next Nuclear Deal
The Obama Administration wants to alter a plutonium-disposal pact. What will Russia demand in return?
Ideas
NATO Needs to Move Two Brigades East, and That’s Just a Start
The world is changing around the alliance; here's what its leaders must do to keep up.
Ideas
Putin Got Exactly What He Wanted in Syria
Russia pulls out of Syria, going home with the leverage Putin came for. The U.S.-led coalition must seize the moment.
Threats
Russia's Withdrawal from Syria Isn't All That Unexpected
It was never clear exactly what Putin wanted to accomplish, nor how his stay-at-home military was going to do it.
Ideas
Russian Subs Are Reheating a Cold War Chokepoint
As the GIUK gap returns to importance, NATO must look to regenerate its anti-submarine forces.
Ideas
How NATO Can Disrupt Russia's New Way of War
Here are a few things the West can do against Moscow’s potent combo of special forces and electronic warfare.
Ideas
Don't Fall for Obama's $3 Billion Arms Buildup at Russia's Door
There is no Russian resurgence. Washington is playing on your Cold War fears to get you to pay for something the U.S. does not need and can’t afford.
Ideas
The Brilliance and Lunacy of Putin's Chechen Hitman
The Kremlin may be losing its grip on a boogeyman of its own making.
Ideas
Death of the GRU Commander
An American general remembers Russia's complex military intelligence chief, who shaped the Ukraine incursion — and worked hard to bridge the East-West gap.
Science & Tech
US Suspects Russian Hackers in Unprecedented Ukraine Blackout
It’s a scenario that has long worried cyber security experts.
Threats
For the First Time, US Makes Russia's List of Top Security Threats
The document, an update of Moscow's 2009 national security strategy, also alleged an 'anti-constitutional coup d’etat' in Ukraine while leaving out any hint of the conflict in Syria.
Ideas
Ronald Reagan’s Disarmament Dream
How the former president’s fantasy about space weapons ruined a plan to eliminate the entire U.S. and Soviet nuclear arsenals.
Ideas
Fighting While Friending: The Grey War Advantage of ISIS, Russia, and China
Can democracies compete 'where powers can be fighting each other with one hand and shaking hands with the other?'
Ideas