Hegseth’s position is similar to another reform-minded Defense Secretary, Robert Gates. Fifteen years ago, Gates warned that after a decade of war in Iraq and Afghanistan "the gusher of defense ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is under close scrutiny as Republican lawmakers criticize his handling of sensitive ...

As of 2009, there were NO living recipients of the Medal of Honor from Iraq OR Afghanistan. Then, at a press conference, ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is trying to harness two seemingly untamable forces: the Pentagon and the Department of Government Efficiency. First, he ordered the military to reallocate 8% of ...

USAID promotes national security for less than 1% of the U.S. budget, expert writes. Congress, not an unelected individual, ...

National Security Advisor Michael Waltz – under scrutiny after inadvertently inviting a journalist into a private chat for ...

As a teacher of national security affairs for over 35 years, I think we should all work to ensure that USAID can continue its work to promote the national security of the United States. USAID is a ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz declared in 2022 that Germany was undertaking a societal and political sea change on national security matters. The word he used for this sea change in thinking, ...

Rep. Michael Waltz, a Florida Republican, inadvertently invited a journalist to join a private chat with top Trump administration officials on the encrypted messaging app Signal. The journalist ...

There is an emerging acknowledgment among Europeans that they’ve been sitting on their behinds for too long assuming the U.S.