Military

Civilian control of the military is an essential part of our constitutional fabric, but that doesn’t mean that recently retired officers are inevitably inappropriate defense…

The war in Yemen is a global mark of shame, and the resulting humanitarian disaster threatens the lives of 24 million people.

The pushback against retired Gen. Lloyd Austin’s nomination as secretary of defense has left little room to celebrate what is also a milestone for Black Americans in and out…

Any other challenge will be exponentially harder to address as long as authoritarian leaders and the militarized systems that support them have free rein.

What are the president’s authorities as commander-in-chief to “combat” the national security threats posed by the climate crisis?

Given the historical significance of this moment and the alternatives for commemorating real, heroism, Congress has a moral and practical obligation to act.

Issues at stake include militarization of law enforcement, civilian casualties, military base renaming, arms transfers, and more.

"The key question is whether Miller’s move will actually increase civilian oversight of Special Operations Forces."

Will the military, having violated democratic norms, work with a civilian-led government to bring the country back to rule of law and peaceful development?

The Sri Lankan Civil War constitutes an unprecedented case in terms of the number of people who were framed as human shields and the mobilization of prominent human rights…

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…

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