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Defense & Security

Vox's hub for news, analysis, and opinions on defense and national security.

Why an Air Force colonel — and many other experts — are so worried about the existential risk of AI

By Kelsey Piper

Why we need a Memorial Day for civilian victims of war

By Bryan Walsh

The potential fallout from drone attacks in Moscow

By Nicole Narea

Can a 50-year-old treaty still keep the world safe from the changing threat of bioweapons?

By Jen Kirby

The Supreme Court is befuddled by whether Twitter is liable for ISIS’s terrorism

By Ian Millhiser

What’s going on with the unidentified objects that US fighter planes keep taking down?

By Ellen Ioanes

The Pelosi attack is the culmination of longtime GOP hate-mongering

By Nicole Narea

Inside the chaos at Washington’s most connected military tech startup

By Jonathan Guyer

The big-deal bills Congress needs to pass before the end of the year

By Ellen Ioanes

An atmosphere of violence: Stochastic terror in American politics

By Ellen Ioanes

What we know about the violent attack on Nancy Pelosi’s husband

By Nicole Narea

The Crimea bridge explosion is a devastating blow to Putin and Russian morale

By Nicole Narea

3 takeaways from that Trump judge’s latest order in the Mar-a-Lago case

By Ian Millhiser

After the latest clash with Israel, Gazans’ struggle continues

By Ellen Ioanes

The only way to “win” the war on terrorism is to end it

By Jonathan Guyer

Biden sought to end endless wars. So what’s the military doing in Somalia?

By Jonathan Guyer

A needed nuclear option for climate change

By Bryan Walsh

Shinzo Abe wanted to make Japan a “normal country” — as he saw it

By Bryan Walsh

Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s new investment fund deepens his ties to national security interests

By Whizy Kim

Thinking through the unthinkable

By Bryan Walsh

The biggest funder of anti-nuclear war programs is taking its money away

By Dylan Matthews

The Supreme Court hands the CIA a victory in a horrid case about torture

By Ian Millhiser

The war in Ukraine could portend the end of the “long peace”

By Bryan Walsh

The Olympic ideal is about world peace. The Olympic reality is far from it.

By Bryan Walsh

Can Russia back down in Ukraine?

By Jen Kirby

What the Doomsday Clock is really counting down to

By Bryan Walsh

Congress is facing a December time crunch. Here’s what to expect.

By Ellen Ioanes

The Supreme Court confronts the CIA’s worst-kept secret

By Ian Millhiser

9 high-stakes issues SCOTUS will take up this term

By Ian Millhiser

The war on terror and the long death of liberal interventionism

By Zack Beauchamp

Biden had a chance to save allies in Afghanistan. He wasted it.

By Nicole Narea

Time is running out to save Afghans who helped US troops

By Nicole Narea

For hackers, space is the final frontier

By Rebecca Heilweil

UFOs are real. That’s the easy part. Now here’s the hard part.

By Dylan Matthews

Biden says Putin “knows there are consequences” if cyberattacks continue

By Sara Morrison

The FBI recovered most of Colonial Pipeline’s ransom, but the ransomware threat remains

By Sara Morrison

Why Biden’s team didn’t go all-in on Israel-Gaza

By Alex Ward

The progressive foreign policy moment has arrived

By Alex Ward

Why Biden isn’t pushing Israel harder

By Alex Ward

Trump’s signature Israel policy had a key flaw. We’re seeing it now.

By Alex Ward