North America

""I think part of Trump's most recent comments … you'll recall on the campaign trail he made a series of controversial comments about Japan and South Korea, potentially interest being served by developing nuclear weapons. And then when challenged he really doubled down and said maybe it would be a really great idea. So I see this most recent statement as part of that trend. I think the slightly encouraging thing is the statement that we've now had from Mattis, in particular, which starts to re-emphasise over the military angle the diplomatic side of things." "

War with North Korea would be 'catastrophic' - Mattis

""What we have seen is that we have ended up with two leaders shouting over each other and that can be incredibly destabilizing for allies in the region," according to Cristina Varriale, a research analyst at the Royal United Services Institute, a London-based think tank more commonly known as RUSI. "

U.S.-North Korea Standoff: Miscommunication Is Biggest Threat

Donald Trump's 'East Asianisation' of Europe

Hans Kundnani

What is President Donald Trump’s real approach to both NATO, and the US security guarantee to Europe?

Trump’s Tomahawks: Are We Seeing the Emergence of a New Doctrine?

Peter Roberts

It is tempting to draw immediate conclusions about the US response to the use of chemical weapons by the Assad regime in Syria. However, the question is whether the launching of 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles at a Syrian air base constitutes Trump’s doctrine for interventions and foreign policy. This is somewhat hard to determine.

A Classified Cloud: The Security of Military Data

Alexander Babuta

In the digital age, it is often necessary to make compromises between cost and security. For the US Army, miscalculating the balance of this compromise could have serious implications for national security.

Book Review: The Trump Phenomenon and the Future of US Foreign Policy, and Crouching Tiger: What China's Militarism Means for the World

John Hemmings

John Hemmings reviews The Trump Phenomenon and the Future of US Foreign Policy, by Daniel Quinn Mills and Steven Rosefielde, and Crouching Tiger: What China’s Militarism Means for the World, by Peter Navarro.