The U.S. commitment to provide extended nuclear deterrence has been essential to the durability of the United States' key Asian alliances, and has maintained the country's position as a preeminent power in Asia.

If India and the United States are to achieve the level of partnership that defense officials in both countries have pledged to pursue, there may be no better means of doing so than for the Indian Air Force to add 126 U.S. fighters to its arsenal.

If recent events are any indication, the world's most vigorous nuclear competition may erupt between Asia's two giants: India and China.

The debate in Washington about reducing America's deficit is gathering steam and there are increasing calls to make deep cuts in the defense budget.

Does the U.S. military have the resources available for an extended mission in Haiti?

Piracy is an ancient nuisance, but Somali piracy, linked as it is to Islamist ideology, poses a thornier security challenge.

A clever commander like McChrystal and the capable troops he leads will no doubt figure out how to make the most of what they have got. But a half-surge would seem to cut their prospects of winning by more than half.