SecurityAnalysis
3 Things to Pay Attention to in the Trump Defense Budget
The Pentagon on Monday announced the president’s budget request for defense at $716 billion. That number is in line with the recent budget agreement. The… Read More
SecurityNews
An Admiral’s Prescription for ‘the Navy the Nation Needs’
In the past 25 years, maritime traffic has increased 400 percent, and competition from the Russian and Chinese superpowers—or as Adm. John Richardson puts it,… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
America’s Long History of Military Parades
Sometimes it’s good to have a little historical perspective when reacting to the news of the day. The Washington Post reported on Tuesday that President… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Continuing Resolutions Impose Considerable Cost on Military
The continuing resolution recently passed by the House of Representatives includes a full fiscal year of appropriations for the Department of Defense. That’s good news… Read More
SecurityCommentary
5 Myths About the Nuclear Posture Review
Today, the Trump administration’s released its long-awaited Nuclear Posture Review. Already, myths of a nuclear Armageddon have monopolized the media space. In reality, the review is a… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Trump Has Vowed to Rebuild the Military. More Short-Term Spending Bills Won’t Achieve That.
The government shutdown may be over for now, but that doesn’t mean our military and national defense are on track to achieve the rebuilding that… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Hawaii’s False Missile Alarm Exposed Critical Weaknesses. Here’s What Must Be Done.
The false alarm of a missile attack on Hawaii and the completely inadequate civil defense response deserve much more than snickers and head shakes. These… Read More
SecurityCommentary
The Government Shutdown Will Further Weaken Our Military
Congress faced a number of bad options on Friday, when government funding expired for the third time this fiscal year. But lawmakers picked the worst… Read More
SecurityCommentary
New Short-Term Spending Bill Would Continue to Hamper the Military
Lawmakers are discussing the possibility of passing yet another continuing resolution on Jan. 19 to keep the government from shutting down. If another continuing resolution… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Pentagon’s Decision to Keep Cluster Bombs Preserves Military Readiness, Lethality
The Pentagon drew sharp but unwarranted criticism earlier this month following its decision to indefinitely delay compliance with a ban on certain kinds of legacy… Read More
SecurityFeature
What I Learned From a Wartime Christmas Eve
KYIV, Ukraine—The first time I ever saw a war, it was on Christmas Eve in 2009. At the time, I was a green Air Force… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Remembering Gen. Edward Rowny
A charter member of the “Greatest Generation”—that stoic cohort of Americans who faced down the Great Depression and defeated fascism, Japanese imperialism, and communism—left us… Read More
SecurityCommentary
An Unelected Judge Is Overriding Trump’s Transgender Military Policy
Do you remember voting for Colleen Kollar-Kotelly in the presidential election? Neither does anyone else. But somehow the local district judge thinks she should be… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Rebuilding the Military Comes With a Price Tag. But the Price of Waiting Is Higher.
The Congressional Budget Office estimates that it will cost an additional $295 billion over the next four years to execute President Donald Trump’s plans to… Read More
SecurityCommentary
With More Investment, Our Missile Defense System Could Be Truly Dependable
Thirty-three minutes. That’s all the time we’d have to respond to an incoming intercontinental ballistic missile from anywhere in the world. Roughly half an hour… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Our Special Operations Forces Are Stretched Too Far
America is rightly proud of the incredibly capable and effective special operations forces that serve as the literal point of our military spear. The Army… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Contra Activist Judges, It’s Not Discriminatory to Prohibit Transgender Individuals From Joining Military
On Dec. 11, a federal lower court judge in Washington, D.C., refused to stay her earlier Oct. 30 order blocking President Donald Trump’s Aug. 25… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Russia Has Repeatedly Flouted This Missile Treaty. It’s Time to Scrap It.
Thirty years ago Friday, the United States and the Soviet Union signed the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. The treaty was unprecedented. For the first time… Read More
SecurityCommentary
The French Ambassador Insulted US on Pearl Harbor Day. Here’s Why He Shouldn’t Be Talking.
When it comes to who did the most to stop the Nazis in World War II, it would generally be best for France to remain… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Sobering Film on Nuclear Attack Shows Need for More Nuclear Defense Spending
The Heritage Foundation’s documentary “33 Minutes” may not be the most cheerful holiday season film, but its warning to the American public about the risk… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Why the Effort to Ban ‘Killer Robots’ in Warfare Is Misguided
Swarms of palm-sized quadcopters perform kamikaze attacks using tiny explosives to kill selected people using facial-recognition software and social media big-data analysis. News footage shows… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Defense Spending Bill Gets It Right on Nuclear and Missile Defense
Last week, Congress passed the fiscal year 2018 National Defense Authorization Act, sending it to the president’s desk. This bill advances many commendable nuclear weapon… Read More
SecurityNews
US Defense System Has Smacked Down More Than 100 Missiles in Yemen War
The U.S.-made Patriot missile defense system has shot down more than 100 missiles fired from Yemen at Gulf Arab states since 2015, Defense News revealed… Read More
SecurityNews
Taxpayers Foot Bill for Soldier to Get Sex Reassignment Surgery
America’s first active-duty soldier had a sex change operation on the Pentagon’s dime Tuesday. “This afternoon, an active-duty military member received a sex reassignment surgery,”… Read More
SecurityCommentary
The Military May Soon Get a Long-Needed Boost. Why That’s Good News.
It’s not exactly “Man Bites Dog,” but “Congress Gets Defense Spending Right” is almost as surprising a headline. For too long now, we’ve been cutting… Read More
SecurityCommentary
New York Times Doesn’t Get Why Nuclear Weapons Are Actually Necessary
Leave it to The New York Times to misrepresent U.S. nuclear weapons strategy. In its Oct. 26 editorial, the Times completely misses the point of possessing… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Major NATO Exercise With Sweden Highlights Ability to Deter Russian Aggression
Sweden, a country with a close defense relationship with the U.S. and NATO, hosted its largest military exercise in 23 years this September as a… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Ignoring Military’s Reasons for Transgender Order, Unelected Judge Sets National Security Policy
Liberals didn’t mind when former President Barack Obama forced his radical social policies on our military, but they certainly don’t want President Donald Trump rescinding… Read More
SecurityCommentary
The Special Ops Mission in Niger Was Routine and Common. Stop Politicizing It.
The loss of four special operations soldiers in Niger is a tragedy. We grieve as a nation, rightly, whenever we lose any of the brave… Read More
SecurityFeature
Apathy Is the Greatest Insult to the Memory of Fallen Soldiers
KYIV, Ukraine—I’ve experienced our country’s wars both as a combatant and a witness. I deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq while I was an Air Force… Read More
