Four major foreign-policy goals should drive Trump's selection of his next national security adviser, writes Defense Priorities fellow Gil Barndollar.
North Korea is sending a message, but it's not one that changes the strategic military balance, argues retired US Army Lt. Col. Daniel L. Davis.
Even with another defense merger looming, the influence of those firms and the Pentagon's primacy are being questioned, writes William D. Hartung.
Some analyses paint a dour picture of Russia's defense industry, but Moscow and its military are in better shape than it seems, argues Michael Kofman.