Tag: Russia

Admiral Craig Faller, commander of U.S. Southern Command, speaks with the news media following a commissioning ceremony for the U.S. Navy's guided missile destroyer, the USS Paul Ignatius, Saturday, July 27, 2019.

Beltway Confidential

The Navy needs more ships, not more politics

Quin Hillyer · August 19, 2019 5:31 pm

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, shakes hands with Russia's President Vladimir Putin, left, prior to their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Monday, Dec. 11, 2017. Declaring a victory against "terrorists" in Syria, Putin earlier on Monday visited a Russian military air base in the country and announced a partial pullout of Russian forces from the Mideast nation.

Beltway Confidential

Russia’s bloody message to Turkey in Syria

Tom Rogan · August 19, 2019 5:17 pm

Floating ice, left over from broken-up icebergs shed from the Greenland ice sheet, nearly cover the seafront in Ilulissat, Greenland.

Trump can’t buy Greenland, but it is crucial to US national security

Russ Read · August 16, 2019 7:49 pm

Corey Lewandowski and Rick Dearborn are seen.

House Democrats subpoena Corey Lewandowski, Rick Dearborn in Trump investigation

Caitlin Yilek · August 15, 2019 6:21 pm

This June 10, 2017 photo provided by Operation Resolute Support, U.S. Soldiers with Task Force Iron maneuver an M-777 howitzer, so it can be towed into position at Bost Airfield, Afghanistan. Sixteen years into its longest war, the United States is sending another 4,000 troops to Afghanistan in an attempt to turn around a conflict characterized by some of the worst violence since the Taliban were ousted in 2001. They are also facing the emergence of an Islamic State group affiliate and an emboldened Taliban, who by Washingtonâs own watchdogâs assessment now control nearly half of Afghanistan.

Beltway Confidential

We don’t need troops in Afghanistan to keep us safe from terrorism

Daniel DePetris · August 15, 2019 6:20 pm

Medical staff and protesters carry an injured man as they face off with policemen near the Shum Shui Po police station in Hong Kong, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019.

Beltway Confidential

Putin and Patreon, or why the American far-left oppose Hong Kong freedom

Tom Rogan · August 15, 2019 5:47 pm

Nancy Pelosi and Mitch McConnell are seen.

Pelosi refers to McConnell as ‘Moscow Mitch’

Zach Halaschak · August 14, 2019 8:11 pm

Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz testifies on Capitol Hill during a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

ANALYSIS: Who and what the Horowitz report is likely to cover

Jerry Dunleavy · August 14, 2019 10:00 am

A Sabre short-range ballistic missile launches in June 2017 at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, for a test of the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement, an advanced missile defense system. Hypersonic missiles might be able to penetrate PAC-3 and similar systems.

National Security

Pentagon says US can defend against Russian and Chinese missile threats — if it’s willing to invest

Russ Read · August 13, 2019 7:39 pm

Greg Craig, left, arrives ahead of his arraignment at federal court in Washington on Friday April 12, 2019.

Mueller spinoff trial against Obama White House counsel kicks off

Jerry Dunleavy · August 13, 2019 12:55 pm

President Trump talks to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington.

Trump: US has better weapons than the ‘failed’ Russian ‘Skyfall’ missile

Russ Read · August 12, 2019 10:48 pm

President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea.

The leader of the free world should not praise dictators like Kim

Washington Examiner · August 12, 2019 8:49 pm