In advance of the upcoming NATO summit, Thomas Donnelly said, "it's time for the European members of NATO to prove that the alliance still matters to them."

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.

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

Why has Obama gone absent without leave on Afghanistan?

The need to strengthen U.S. military forces is immediate.

Can crisis management literature help us prepare for managing a potential crisis between Taiwan and China?

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The conservatism of the future must be a social as well as an economic conservatism, but after the heroism and patriotism of 9/11 it must also be an optimistic conservatism.