Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
It is necessary to be clear that the United States will retaliate if North Korea provokes an attack on the United States or its allies, but containment and deterrence remain preferable to an unacceptably costly military intervention.
U.S. Cyber Command has been elevated to a full unified combatant command, putting CYBERCOM on an even playing field with the rest of the Defense Department’s combatant commands.
North Korea has the offensive capabilities to threaten both its neighbors and the United States. The United States needs to implement an effective response that will level the playing field and reassure its allies in the region.
Increased tensions between the United States and Iran over the last couple days, along with U.S. President Donald Trump’s calls to end the Iran Nuclear Deal, could put Iran on the same path as North Korea as an imminent threat potentially needing military consideration.
A diplomatic crisis has hit the Gulf after six regional countries severed ties with Qatar.
President Trump’s “grand bargain” with Putin is setting expectations too high for what can be achieved under the current circumstances.
War proceeds differently today than it used to. Russia partakes in ‘war by stealth’ through funding domestic violent groups, cyberattacks, and other such measures in order to keep other countries weak.
Following a recent Iranian ballistic missile test, national security adviser Mike Flynn has put Iran “on notice.”
How will the military and intelligence bureaucracy deal with the new Commander-in-Chief?
In Libya, the government and its network of loosely affiliated militias struggle to defeat the Islamic State while at the same time working to build a functioning Libyan state.