Department of Defense (DoD)

US officials’ emphasis on minimization of civilian casualties in an operation against such a high value target deserves special attention.

DOD policy review on preventing domestic extremism is a necessary step, but more is needed to meet the threat.

At one-year mark of Biden administration, top experts revisit proposals to restore and promote nonpartisan principles of good government.

Pentagon restrained National Guard on Jan. 6 out of concern Trump would invoke Insurrection Act.

The Pentagon has three months to investigate the disturbing New York Times report that the military conducted and covered up airstrikes in Baghuz, Syria that killed up to 64 civilians.…

The open debate creates risks that counterterrorism will come to dominate the climate security and environmental peacebuilding fields.

"It is simply not credible that the entire investigative report must be withheld in order to protect (as one imagines the claim) sources and methods of intelligence-gathering."

There is a bipartisan path to cut unnecessary spending in the defense budget that protects U.S. security in a cost-effective way.

With nearly 30 years as a Foreign Service Officer, Ambassador Munter maps internal difficulties to expect in US foreign policy post-Afghanistan and challenges to expect in South…

A comprehensive and detailed guide to ending the Forever War and enhancing American security.

To avoid failing in other counterterrorism training missions, the US needs to invest in and empower assessment, monitoring, and evaluation.

"The example of the Iraqi army — which quickly collapsed in the Islamic State’s 2014 blitz across northern Iraq —  ought to have sharpened the concerns about the Afghan…