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March 19, 2006

Homeland Security
Neglected Defense

Overview The withering scrutiny that ports have received in recent weeks has highlighted America’s ongoing state of national vulnerability. In the fifth year since 9/11, federal efforts to enli…

Council Special Report by Stephen E. Flynn and Daniel B. Prieto National Security and Defense Program

January 26, 2018

Indonesia
Secretary of Defense Mattis’s Trip to Southeast Asia: A Few Thoughts

Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis traveled to Southeast Asia this past week, and during his first stop in Indonesia signaled a desire to improve strategic aspects of the U.S.-Indonesia relationship inc…

Mattis-Indonesia-1.22.2018
Blog Post by Joshua Kurlantzick Asia Unbound

January 31, 2013

Middle East and North Africa
What Was That About Syria’s "Lethal" Air Defenses?

Israel’s air strike on a Syrian weapons convoy is not the first such successful attack they have done. In September 2007, Israel attacked the nuclear reactor Syria was building (with North Korean hel…

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

January 15, 2020

Election 2020
The President's Inbox: Should the United States Spend Less on Defense?

Each week between now and the Iowa caucuses, I’m talking with two experts with differing views on how the United States should handle a foreign policy challenge it faces. These special episodes are p…

U.S. Air Force F-35A aircraft form up during an exercise at Hill Air Force Base in Utah.
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

February 18, 2011

Budget, Debt, and Deficits
Can the U.S. Cut Defense Spending?

“There’s only one way to [fix America’s long-term budget problems],” said President Obama’s fiscal commission co-chair Alan Simpson. “You dig into the big four, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security,…

Can the U.S. Cut Defense Spending?
Blog Post by Benn Steil and Dinah Walker Geo-Graphics