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Viewfinder: A Joint NATO Military Exercise in Norway

A picture taken from a United States Marines C-130 transport aircraft shows the area near Brekstad, Norway, during the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's Trident Juncture 2018 exercise on October 31st, 2018.

Pacific Standard Staff

Field Notes: Practicing Self-Defense Outside an Ultra-Conservative Stronghold

Orania, South Africa: Niklas Kirsten, a former paratrooper in the South African Army, instructs Erik Du Pree on handgun self-defense in the fields outside an ultra-conservative, all-Afrikaner stronghold known as Orania.

Pacific Standard Staff

A phone sits on a table at the North American Aerospace Defense Command.

News in Brief

How NORAD Must Adapt to the Modern Era

On its 60th birthday the North American Aerospace Defense Command continues to look for ways to remain a vigilant defender of the continent.

Andrea Charron

Environment

House Committee Passes Defense Policy Bill With Climate Change Amendment

Tucked into the bill is an amendment requiring the Pentagon to assess the effects of climate change on military installations over the next 20 years.

Kate Wheeling

News in Brief

It’s Time to Simplify Defense Acquisitions

Dan Ward explains how making things simpler at the Pentagon will make our country's defenses more effective.

Dan Ward

News in Brief

The Litany of Problems With the Pentagon’s Effort to Recover MIAs

A draft inspector general report found that the mission lacks basic metrics for how to do the job—and when to end it.

Megan McCloskey

News in Brief

In Big Win for Defense Industry, Obama Rolls Back Limits on Arms Exports

Critics, including some who’ve worked on enforcing arms export laws, say the changes could undermine efforts to prevent arms smuggling to Iran and others.

Cora Currier

Economics

Could Sober Eyewitnesses Be Less Reliable Than Intoxicated Ones?

A new study out of Sweden throws doubt on the alcohol myopia theory.

Tom Jacobs

Social Justice

Obama’s Military Strategy Follows Our Predictions

The complete makeover of the U.S. military debuted by President Obama and the Pentagon on Thursday looks a lot like the beast our Jeff Shear has been describing in 2011.

Michael Todd