To say the Department of Defense (DoD) gets bad press regarding its acquisition system is like saying the sun rises in the east. It’s frankly an easy target for those looking to score political points or clicks on websites. So, it’s worth distinguishing reality from...

The ongoing battle for Marawi City—the capital of Lanao del Sur Province on the island of Mindanao—between Philippine government forces and Islamic militants with links to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) seems increasingly an important bellwether of growing...

Even the most casual observer would be hard pressed not to notice that market momentum supportive of the “rebalance is almost here” narrative took a decided hit this month as a confluence of data and sentiment drove crude oil prices to their lowest level since OPEC...

In a world of rising authoritarianism, Kenya stands out as a democratic experiment worthy of U.S. and international support. Kenyans voted by a large margin in 2010 for a new constitution embracing liberal democratic values and widely guaranteeing individual freedoms....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India arrived in Washington on June 26 for his first visit to the United States during Donald Trump’s presidency. Late last week, news began spreading that the United States was considering selling 22 unmanned, unarmed, long-range maritime...

Russia’s current military doctrine (2014) and national security strategy (2015) reflect the Kremlin’s overarching obsession with fragmentation and subversion, especially in the Black Sea and Caucasus regions. Moscow shares the West’s assessment that unresolved regional...

Forty-odd years into American politicians’ pursuit of energy independence, the Trump administration has reoriented our national rhetoric toward energy dominance. Independence and dominance represent very different organizing principles: captives crave...

The 2017 French election season is officially over. Pundits and analysts were confounded at each twist of scandal and Russian disinformation, as well as each domestic spike of discontent. A young, never-before-elected presidential candidate without a formal political party...

As some of you know, I served here as the Chief of Intelligence for US Forces, Korea in the mid-eighties, and concurrently as the Deputy Chief of Intelligence for the Combined Forces Command. Looking back over my 34 years of military service—both in the Marine Corps and...

President Trump’s exchange with President Juan Carlos Varela of Panama sparked a social media maelstrom last week. “The Panama Canal is doing quite well. I think we did a good job building it, right?” Trump

The Russians have developed new coercive doctrines in cyberspace that do not easily fit with our definition of conflict. This shields them and makes devising a response difficult. They have redefined the rules of the game, leaving us uncertain as to how to respond.