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What Cutting Defense Really Means
How much more, if at all, should the U.S. cut its military budget as part of comprehensive deficit-reduction efforts?A typical observer can be forgiven some confusion on this issue. Even the recent...
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State and the Stateswoman: How Hillary Clinton Reshaped U.S. Foreign Policy —...
As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton prepares to hand the reins of foreign policy over to Senator John Kerry, her legacy is a matter of hot debate. To be sure, with much of the Middle East in turmoil...
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Hagel Defense Nomination Will Pass
Chuck Hagel's confirmation hearings as secretary of Defense starting today promise to be the most riveting of any of President Obama's second-term nominations. The former GOP senator from Nebraska and...
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Indonesia Field Report I - Crime as a Mirror of Politics: Urban Gangs in...
Gang Truce in Indonesia … and El Salvador Following a wave of violent confrontations and tit-for-tat killings, the leaders of five mass organizations-cum-urban gangs in Greater Jakarta – Pemuda...
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Indonesia Field Report II – Bali High, Rainforest Low: The Illicit Drug Trade...
Yet another Western tourist – this time a 56- year-old grandmother from Britain – has become the face of drug trafficking in Indonesia. Her death sentence for smuggling 10 pounds of cocaine worth of...
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Governance, Rule of Law and Natural Resources in Indonesia and Lessons for...
Event InformationFebruary 7, 201310:00 AM - 11:30 AM ESTFalk AuditoriumBrookings Institution1775 Massachusetts Avenue NWWashington, DC 20036Register for the EventAn authoritarian state merely a decade...
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Indonesia Field Report III – The Orangutan’s Road: Illegal Logging and Mining...
Kutai’s DestructionLike in a desolate Edward Hopper landscape, the orangutan was clinging to the one last tree that stood next to the river in Kutai National Park in eastern Kalimantan. The joy of...
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A Moderate Plan for Additional Defense Budget Cuts
In this Brookings Foreign Policy paper, Michael O'Hanlon suggests how the Pentagon might cut certain weapons, forces, and other capabilities that would cumulatively save up to $200 billion over ten...
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A Record Of Progress: How Afghanistan Improved Under Gen. John Allen
As Gen. John R. Allen steps down as commander of NATO forces in Kabul this weekend, several accomplishments merit mention. A man who was unfairly tainted by the Jill Kelley e-mail scandal deserves...
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The Strategy For Afghanistan
As he prepares to give his fourth State of the Union address, President Barack Obama is expected to focus on numerous matters of domestic policy. Whatever brief mention he may make of foreign affairs...
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Obama's Aims to Reduce Nuclear Threat
In his State of the Union address on Tuesday, President Barack Obama will reportedly reiterate his interest in reducing the threat of nuclear weapons, though unlikely to announce specifics. The...
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Obama’s Aims to Reduce Nuclear Threat
In his State of the Union address on Tuesday, President Barack Obama will reportedly reiterate his interest in reducing the threat of nuclear weapons, though unlikely to announce specifics. The...
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From SEAL Team Six To Retiring Without Health Insurance
Esquire magazine's report this week that a retired 16-year veteran of the United States military—a Navy SEAL who played a key role in the May 2011 raid that killed Osama bin Laden—now struggles without...
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The Army of the Future: A Discussion with General Raymond T. Odierno, Chief...
Event InformationFebruary 15, 201311:00 AM - 12:00 PM ESTFalk AuditoriumBrookings Institution1775 Massachusetts Avenue NWWashington, DC 20036Register for the EventA Discussion with General Raymond T....
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Try Temporary North Korea Sanctions
What to do about North Korea after its third nuclear test on Monday - this one possibly involving a device employing highly enriched uranium rather than plutonium, and perhaps small enough to fit on a...
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On FAA Announcement of Domestic Drones Test Sites
This week the FAA announced the selection process for domestic drone test sites. This is a key step in the opening up of the national airspace to unmanned systems, which has huge implications, from...
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A Military Medal for Drone Strikes? Makes Sense.
It is an odd medal indeed that “may not be awarded for valor in combat under any circumstances.” But that definition is precisely what drives the need for and the controversy surrounding the military’s...
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Obama, Own Your Secret Wars
Irony pervades President Obama’s place in foreign policy today. He won the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to roll back the nuclear bomb, the signature weapon of the 20th century, but he has also...
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Peña Nieto’s Piñata: The Promise and Pitfalls of Mexico’s New Security Policy...
Mexico’s new president, Enrique Peña Nieto, has a tough year ahead of him. After six years of extraordinarily high homicide levels and gruesome brutality in Mexico, he has promised to prioritize social...
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It's Time to Recognize the Valor of Cyber Warriors
Editor's note: In an interview with NPR's Celeste Headlee, Peter Singer argues that outgoing Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced that the military will award a new medal to recognize exceptional...
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