Three years have passed since President Barack Obama laid the groundwork for the U.S. rebalance to the Asia-Pacific region. Support for the rebalance strategy is substantial, but questions remain about its implementation. As China’s power grows and its assertiveness in...

Iran’s rocket and missile forces serve a wide range of Iranian strategic objectives. These forces range from relatively short-range artillery rockets that support its ground forces and limit the need for close air support to long-range missiles that can reach any...

Buttressing any form of federated defense must be a set of bottom-up, organic interactions within the private sector to develop the capabilities that will underpin these security architectures. This report focuses on the ways that a federated approach can strengthen...

Russia’s natural gas industry has long been focused on Europe, its main export market. Now, though, it appears to be shifting its attention to Turkey, which is eager to position itself as a gateway to energy markets in the European Union.

A recent deal...

The U.S. and its Arab partners in the Gulf face a wide range of threats. These include the Islamic State and other Jihadist elements, civil war, instability, and divisions in Yemen, Iraq, and Syria. It is Iran, however, which poses the most severe military challenge, and...

Any review of the major international events of 2014 would certainly include Russia’s annexation of Crimea, the rise of the Islamic State, and the Ebola outbreak. But the most epochal development of the year may turn out to be China’s claim to a leading role in...

In November, India and the United States ended a standoff at the World Trade Organization (WTO) over New Delhi’s food security program. For its part, the United States promised to extend a “peace clause” that rules out any challenges to...

Earlier this fall, Nepal became the first low-income country to introduce the inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) into its immunization system. Many more countries will have to follow suit to meet the ambitious deadlines laid out in the Global Polio Eradication...

All instruments of national power should be used simultaneously in conjunction with each other as part of a comprehensive, integrated strategy. No tool is meant to be used in isolation, so statements such as “sanctions by themselves won’t be effective” and...

The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) offers Congress its most significant single opportunity to weigh in on defense policy issues. The bill authorizes funding levels, military end strength, and personnel levels, as well as providing a forum for addressing the...