President Trump has given no indication that he has made a decision about how to proceed, as diplomatic talks continue.

When America engages in military operations abroad, it rarely calls them “war.” Instead, leaders use words that sound less frightening and more technical. This careful choice of language has been a ...

Section 1. Purpose. On August 7, 1789, 236 years ago, President George Washington signed into law a bill establishing the United States Department of War to oversee the operation and maintenance of ...

The United States’ history in the region includes several about-faces, contradictions and missteps. The United States’ history in the region includes several about-faces, contradictions and missteps.

ON OCTOBER 26th the USS Gerald Ford, the largest aircraft-carrier in the world, slipped out of the Croatian port of Split. Days earlier the Pentagon’s boss, Pete Hegseth, had ordered her to sail to ...

This is the introduction to The War Room, a weekly, subscriber-only newsletter bringing exclusive insights into defence and security. This week I wanted to look back at the speeches given by Pete ...

The United States is set to become “the world’s undisputed [artificial intelligence-enabled] fighting force”. At least that’s the view of the country’s Department of War, which earlier this month ...

Two hundred and fifty years ago, the rising tide of revolution surged from land to sea when the Second Continental Congress established what would ultimately become the United States Navy — the ...

The United States military is the most powerful fighting force on the planet. Its spending outpaces every other nation by a wide margin, and the tools that American servicemembers have at their ...