One of President Donald Trump's first executive orders calls for construction of a new missile defense shield called "Iron Dome America." It has planners at Offutt-based U.S. Strategic Command busy.

Trump bolstered Putin’s bargaining position in the past week, but the road to this alliance has been years in the making.

Since 1945, the U.S.-Europe relationship has largely been defined by opposition to the Soviet Union. This was the crux of the Cold War: the free West vs. the Iron Curtain in the East. It was this ...