SecurityNews
KYIV, Ukraine—As the NATO-Russia Council prepared to meet for the first time in almost two years, U.S. and Russian officials traded barbs over who’s to blame… Read More
SecurityAnalysis
Every year at this time, we see the same kind of headlines: “U.S. biggest military spender in the world.” They’re all based on the release… Read More
SecurityCommentary
America’s military is dangerously weak and unprepared today, and it’s not getting better. At least that’s what top military leaders told Congress recently. Unfortunately, the… Read More
SecurityCommentary
The newly released House budget proposal would increase defense spending in future years, but for the 2017 fiscal year it goes in the wrong direction…. Read More
SecurityCommentary
President Barack Obama is misusing our most elite forces. Since the onset of the fight against the Islamic State (ISIS), The Heritage Foundation has called… Read More
SecurityCommentary
House Republicans are trying to develop a budget that both is fiscally responsible and increases defense spending. Unfortunately, the latest proposal underfunds defense and overfunds wasteful domestic… Read More
SecurityCommentary
One of the oldest vessels in the U.S. fleet celebrates its 40th birthday this year. After four decades in service conducting icebreaking operations in the Polar Regions… Read More
SecurityCommentary
The question of drafting America’s young daughters is finally making the average voter consider the real implications of fully integrating the combat arms. The large… Read More
SecurityNews
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, plans to introduce a bill that would prohibit women from being registered for a possible draft requiring military service. Current law exempts women from… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter has given a series of speeches outlining highlights of the 2017 defense budget request. The full budget request won’t be… Read More
SecurityNews
The Obama administration’s strategy against ISIS “is not working, ” Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, told a gathering of conservative lawmakers and policy wonks, and in… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Whenever I write on any of the treaties beloved of the left—whether it’s the treaty on land mines, on cluster munitions, or on conventional arms—I’m… Read More
SecurityCommentary
How big of an Army does the United States need? What is the right balance between the active-duty Army and the Army National Guard and… Read More
SecurityCommentary
President Barack Obama’s last State of the Union address will address a range of topics, and almost certainly include foreign policy and national security in… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Army Sgt. 1st Class Jeffrey Martin parked the truck outside the concrete slabs arranged in a defensive perimeter around the tactical operations center at Forward… Read More
SecurityCommentary
One of the progressive left’s favorite causes is campaigning against land mines. The Obama administration naturally has promised to stop producing or buying anti-personnel land… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Last week, in another defense of the current approach to defeat ISIS, President Barack Obama reemphasized that we are “hitting ISIL harder than ever.” The… Read More
SecurityCommentary
The Army has decided to send Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl to a general court martial, where he will face two charges: desertion and misbehavior before the… Read More
SecurityNews
Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., says it’s way past time for Congress to formally authorize military force to press America’s war against the Islamic State, the… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Last week, Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced that the U.S. will send between 100 and 150 special operations forces to Iraq to conduct targeted ground… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Today marks the 74th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, which President Franklin D. Roosevelt famously called “a date which will live in… Read More
SecurityCommentary
You’ll find charts galore in the 2016 Index of U.S. Military Strength, but two at the start of the detailed report are particularly troubling. One… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Not since the heady days of the “revolution in military affairs” over a decade ago has reforming the Pentagon been such a central focus of… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Silicon Valley has become synonymous with innovation and progress and is home to the some of the world’s largest technological giants of the modern age…. Read More
SecurityCommentary
As we celebrate Veterans Day honoring those who served our country in time of conflict, let us not overlook those who fought in the longest… Read More
SecurityCommentary
On this day in 1775, the United States Marine Corps was created by a resolution of the Continental Congress. Within weeks of its formation, the… Read More
SecurityCommentary
This week Congress should pass the 2016 defense authorization bill—again. It will be virtually identical to the one that President Obama vetoed just weeks ago. The only… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Get ready for resurgence in planning the future of the American military. It’s long overdue. In fact, serious thinking about the “future force”—what America will… Read More
SecurityCommentary
The world’s an even scarier place than it was last year. From the Middle East to the South China Sea, the bad guys have grown… Read More
SecurityCommentary
It seems fitting that the Heritage Foundation released its latest Index of U.S. Military Strength just before Halloween. It makes for some scary reading. It’s easy to assume… Read More
