Missile Defense Agency Head Syring on North Korean Nuclear Tests
While terming North Korea’s most recent nuclear tests “alarming and provoking,” the director of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency said…
CSIS Panel: Next U.S. Administration Will be Tougher on China
Domestic economic growth and new terrorist attacks on American soil likely will dominate the 2016 presidential campaign; but China’s continuing…
Pentagon Comptroller McCord: New 2-Year Budget Deal Helps Now Without Hurting In 2020s
The Defense Department is about three weeks from finalizing its Fiscal Year 2017 budget request and is coordinating with Congress…
Panel: China Establishing a ‘Grey Zone of Coercion’ in South China Sea
The coral reefs on which China is building airstrips are “not just a bunch of rocks, ”but the transit point…
CSIS Panel: Russia Still Dangerous in its Decline
Although “Russia is not a rising power . . . even in military terms,” Moscow can still “disturb and do…
Panel Suggests Goldwater-Nichols Revisions to Senate
Rethinking the role of the regional combatant commands, cutting the Pentagon’s support structure and putting the chairman of the Joint…
Marines Embarking on Learning Campaign for Future Capabilities
The deputy commandant for combat development and integration described the Marine Corps’ “campaign of learning” as the way forward in…
SOUTHCOM Commander: Colombia is ‘Bright Shining Example’ of Ongoing Drug War Efforts
Colombia’s ongoing push to curb violence and diminish the influence of drug cartels within its borders is the region’s “bright…
Saudi Arabia Charting Future Defense Policy
One lesson Saudi Arabia took from its 2009 encounter with Houthis in Yemen, raiding its border posts and harassing tribes…
North Korea Looks to Provoke with Cyber Warfare Capability
North Korea sees cyber operations as integrated with its irregular peacetime operations and valuable in disrupting the operations of its…