Military

The fighting raised a fundamental but surprisingly overlooked question of international law on the use of force.

Conspicuously absent from policy and planning documents about great power conflict is a clear-eyed assessment of the likely human costs of such a conflict or considerations for…

Civil society fights hard to be heard above the din of war, displacement, political dysfunction and the ebbs and flows of international aid.

AFRICOM insists its aim is to ‘degrade’ al-Shabaab. But the US military campaign is taking a heavy toll on civilians and civilian infrastructure.

Leading with a heavy military response, particularly when government partners are repressive, ultimately makes things worse. The need for a new approach is clear. It should focus…

"The Pentagon’s senior officials should emphasize that the military must never receive a self-interested order about who has won an election."

Survivors of the largest single massacre in modern Latin American history want him charged for failure to comply with a judicial order for documents.

The US and other major nuclear powers tried to slow the momentum, but the treaty has already changed the conversation.

Many of those objecting to the bill in a constructive spirit acknowledge the problem the government is seeking to address, but chide it for going about it the wrong way.

Not only are these strategic priorities not necessarily at odds with one another, but in fact, they often overlap and complement each other.

Climate change and the COVID pandemic are highlighting key weaknesses in U.S. national security strategy and policy.

As scholars debate how international law applies in this conflict, the lack of detail makes it hard to know what is taking place on the ground.