Military

An expert explainer on when the President of the United States can 'federalize" the National Guard and deploy U.S. military forces domestically.

As government forces battle armed groups in Burkina Faso, civilians face daily abuses, even death, amid a range of violations of their security and their property. At least 6,201…

To thwart Hamas’s strategy, Israel must commit to protect civilians. And Biden must defend human rights and international law with action.

Invocation of the Insurrection Act in response to Texas' obstruction of CBP agents at the U.S.-Mexico border would be inappropriate.

The US need to contend with China and Russia may obscure the accumulation of risk from many individual tradeoffs.

Ukrainians are fighting a war for the US and NATO that the alliance cannot afford to lose to a dictator in the Kremlin.

Україна, США та НАТО не можуть дозволити собі програти цю війну диктатору в Кремлі.

Reforms that just took effect at the end of 2023 mark an important step in the right direction, but further reforms – and careful attention to how they are implemented – will…

The "Ghost Budget" has enabled successive administrations to prosecute wars with limited congressional oversight and public debate.

What stories or topics merited more attention in 2023, with a particular eye toward what might inform law and policy conversations in 2024?

Too many on either side speak to themselves as if the other side didn’t exist or isn’t relevant.

Former CIA and FBI officials assess the impact on national security in former President Trump's stated plans for the intelligence community.