US Armed Forces

By Bill Van Auken 20 January 2018 The Trump administration’s defense secretary, former Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis, rolled out a new National Defense...

Military Quietly Prepares for a Last Resort: War With North Korea By HELENE COOPER, ERIC SCHMITT, THOMAS GIBBONS-NEFF and JOHN ISMAYJ AN. 14, 2018 WASHINGTON — Across...

Why Deterrence Is Still the Best Option By Scott D. Sagan Published at www.foreignaffairs.com It is time for the U.S. government to admit that it has failed...

By Patrick Martin Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, gave a televised press briefing Monday afternoon on the US military...

US army chief urges greater “combat readiness” for war with North Korea By Peter Symonds US Army Chief of Staff, General Mark Milley, injected greater urgency...

by Daniel McAdams Wednesday October 4, 2017 With President Trump again facing the requirement to certify whether Iran is complying with the P5+1 nuclear deal...

President-elect Donald Trump’s authoritarian style and personality, which attracted an overwhelmingly authoritarian following, is manifesting itself in the selection of his national security team. The appointment of Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn as the national security adviser is particularly worrisome because of the general’s lack of experience in strategic policy and his controversial stewardship as the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency.