Dr. Mara Karlin has served in national security roles under five US secretaries of defense and is the author of the book Building Militaries in Fragile States. She explains how this objective has become such an important feature of US strategy, and discusses why it's so important and so difficult.
What should we make of the considerable uptick in North Korean nuclear and ballistic missile tests? What are the best tools to bring to...
Thirty years ago this week—on October 3, 1993—US special operations forces launched a mission in Mogadishu. It was part of Operation Gothic Serpent, which...
In an era of renewed great power competition, what are the risks of that competition migrating to the Arctic region and Antarctica? How might...