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The U.S. has about 46,000 troops stationed in 11 countries across the Middle East, with all the accompanying hardware and support. Those forces are not available elsewhere, whether in Europe or East A...

What the debate about the US presence in the Middle East boils down to is opportunity cost. An American soldier standing guard at Tower 22 in the Jordanian desert cannot simultaneously watch over the NATO border in Estonia, the demilitarized zone on the Korean peninsula or Philippine shoals in the South China Sea. Captain America has a shield that’s big but not global. To keep holding it over Europe and East Asia, he must withdraw it from the Middle East

In the complex debate over the substantial US military presence in the Middle East, one strategic question persists...

The risks posed by the war in Gaza are just the most recent security challenge facing the U.S. public and U.S. policy makers. Its time for a change of course.

Join us for a discussion of the just-released paper “A Credible Grand Strategy: The Urgent Need to Set Priorities.”

This paper documents why U.S. foreign policy should change, and then maps out how it can be done.

Every year we kick off the holiday season with a roundup of books recommended by the War on the Rocks and Texas National Security Review team. Enrich your

The title says it all! If you missed episodes of our show "Net Assessment" over the summer and fall, you aren't alone. Zack Cooper, Melanie Marlow, and

Stian Jennsen's remarks could weaken Ukraine’s negotiating position against Russia — but they could also be a realistic preview of the future.

In President Donald Trump’s budget request for fiscal year (FY) 2018, he asked Congress to authorize a new round of Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC). For the sixth year in a row, Congress denied that authorization. Despite Congress’s intransigence, the need for base closures and realignment is not going away. The Department of Defense (DOD) has approximately 20 percent excess infrastructure,