The Cold War is an increasingly distant memory in American military minds, except in the minds of the arms control community, and in particular those who seek the elimination of nuclear weapons. Alas, our president is a member in good standing of this community—indeed, an organizer.So, too, it...

The COIN debate in the US is generally presented as a choice between the two options- either we focus on the population, or on the enemy. But, there is a third way to conduct campaigns against sub-conventional enemies.

The acquisition of nuclear weapons by Iran would be an extremely destabilizing event in the Middle East, making it more difficult to deter Iran from undertaking conventional and unconventional warfare, including terrorism.

Chinese strategists are thinking how to win a nuclear war. What is the U.S. doing?

We are not in a cold war with China. That is too simple a metaphor to describe the state of Sino-American relations.

AEI resident scholar Mackenzie Eaglen was testifying Wednesday to the U.S. House Armed Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, in which she explained that the 2013 long-term shipbuilding plan "does not accurately portray the forces or funding necessary to execute the administration’s strategy."

Containing and deterring a nuclear Iran may be the least-bad choice. However, that does not make it a low-risk or low-cost choice. In fact, it is about to be not a choice but a fact of life.

A review ofLawrenceFreedman's Deterrence.