Military

How framing civilian harm in U.S. military operations -- as a “tragic mistake” -- hides the systemic failure that requires institutional reform.

Our co-editor-in-chief identifies and annotates the 20 most significant elements of Centcom's statement.

The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan continues to generate inflated warnings about looming threats ahead. But Jeffrey Rogg and Andrew Stigler say it is time to call attention to…

A list of specific questions for members of Congress, reporters, and investigators to ask about the strike. 

President Biden hoped for a more stable and predictable relationship with Russia. Time to deal with reality instead.

Can the President use force to protect Taiwan in the "national interest" without congressional authorization?

In the current security crisis and regional context, such a response may amount to meeting a threat to peace with appeasement and bribery.

Reflections in the wake of Afghanistan.

"There are certainly unique circumstances to the Kabul strike, but if we miss the bigger lessons, we only invite further tragedy. "

A deep analysis of the broader system in which the August 29 Kabul drone strike is situated, by top expert on civilian casualties and lead author of several Department of Defense…

"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."

The question to ask is not what he should have done differently, but what, if anything, his life suggests we should do differently.