Military

This November, Switzerland will convene the milestone Second Review Conference for the Convention on Cluster Munitions in Lausanne, but the U.S. is likely to be absent, as usual.

After years of indifference to examining whether its rules of engagement and other operational directives and practices contribute to the scourge of violence against health workers,…

The Insurrection Act, Operation Hawkeye and what really happened

The president and his officials take many actions diametrically opposed to these plans. But Congress and civil society can keep the pressure on.

The units are at last coming under much-needed pressure from Baghdad to adhere to the rule of law. The international coalition can support that effort.

A bipartisan Senate amendment would restrict the transfer of US military equipment to law enforcement, including items from bayonets to weaponized drones.

On June 22, the Department of Defense (DOD) issued an interim policy regulation for providing ex gratia payments to civilians harmed as a result of U.S. military operations. It…

The summer of 2017 was an extended nightmare for the Badrans. Over the course of several weeks, 39 members of Rasha Badran’s family, most of them women and children, were killed…

Hisham al-Hashimi exposed human rights violations and corruption. The British penalties would reinforce similar US measures and support Iraqi reforms.

The US history of racial discrimination creates a domestic threat far more serious to some of its citizens than those posed by external antagonists.

The measure would undermine otherwise bipartisan efforts to address these issues, including several worthy alternative proposals.

Since the tragic murder of George Floyd by police on May 25, more than 20 states have activated National Guard units to support local law enforcement in response to protests…