Strategy is about choices. Poorly written strategy can confuse and allow for too much business as usual. (“Slap that label on ...

Elbridge Colby wants the U.S. military to pivot toward Asia, even if it means turning away from Europe and the Middle East.

Nahal Toosi is POLITICO’s senior foreign affairs correspondent. She has reported on war, genocide and political chaos in a ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth expressed his desire to ensure that the South Korea-U.S. alliance is "strategically ...

The Trump administration’s last-minute snub of the Aspen Security Forum this week betrays a growing animosity between the U.S ...

The Pentagon needs a new plan to deter hackers from attacking American critical infrastructure, say senators who aim to write ...

Elbridge Colby’s memo highlighting U.S. weapons shortages influenced the decision to pause some arms shipments to Ukraine.

The Pentagon abruptly pulled several of its top officials from speaking this week at the Aspen Security Forum in Colorado, saying Monday the forum’s organizers do not share values with the Defense ...

Funding America’s defense at 5 percent of GDP, aligned with Senator Roger Wicker’s plan, will enable this strategy.

In its version of the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act, the Senate Armed Services Committee would require the Pentagon to develop a strategy to “reestablish a credible deterrence against ...