Recent sackings of top military officials spark concerns over politicization, as former defense secretaries warn of national ...

In a speech to Congress, President Donald Trump announced the apprehension of the person he said was the “top terrorist” ...

Their on-the-ground experience illuminates policy discussions at Princeton's School of Public and International Affairs, ...

Some Trump appointees say, 'Taiwan isn't worth it,' but this gives 'risk aversion' a bad name ...

President Donald Trump’s abrupt decision to replace Air Force Gen. C.Q. Brown as chairman of the Joint Chiefs is a setback ...

A politicized military may not follow orders or policy it disagrees with. Or it might follow illegal orders. In both cases, ...

President Donald Trump wants to recover billions of dollars worth of equipment U.S. troops left in Afghanistan following ...

By statute, anyone picked to be the chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is supposed to have served as a combatant commander; as the vice chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; or as the top uniformed ...

Mr. Trump has suggested that Gen. Mark A. Milley, his former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who retired in 2023, should be executed for engaging with his Chinese counterpart during the ...

Gen. Mark A. Milley. Days after Mr. Floyd’s death, General Milley, wearing his Army fatigues, accompanied Mr. Trump in a walk across Lafayette Square near the White House for a photo op after an ...

Brown led the Air Force before he was appointed, and Gen. Mark A. Milley, his predecessor, had been chief of staff of the Army. By law, an officer appointed as chairman of the Joint Chiefs must ...

The message to the rest of the military could not be clearer. Trump loathed Brown’s predecessor, General Mark Milley, and has floated the idea that Milley should be executed for actions he took ...