US Military

Joining the show to discuss the Baghdadi raid and the U.S. response to claims of civilian harm are Airwars Director Emily Tripp and Conflict Researcher Anna Zahn.

The possibility of unilateral use of force spiraling into conflict in the Middle East should generate a sense of urgency on Capitol Hill for tackling war powers reform.

Congress is trying to reassert itself after more than two decades of acquiescence to executive branch overreach on matters of war and peace.

If the U.S. government requires metadata to prove evidence of civilian harm, it essentially means researchers will have to find the exact person who took the original image, speak…

Florida governor and U.S. presidential candidate Ron DeSantis has proposed action that would flout constitutional and statutory limits.

Australia, the UK, and the US also pledged to cooperate on advanced capabilities. That will require some fundamental shifts.

Civilian and military elites, as well as the general public, have work to do to combat politicization of the all-volunteer force and help it survive another 50 years.

The Newport Manual on the Law of Naval Warfare seeks to lay out the complex and at times overlapping legal frameworks around war at sea. Its aim is to prepare for and deter war…

Section 1202 of the NDAA is an overbroad authority that risks widening the aperture for U.S. forces to engage in and direct combat in unauthorized, foreign wars.

Section 502B(c) is a potent tool to accelerate congressional oversight of support to countries with concerning human rights records. 

Tensions between Iran and the United States are escalating again following tit-for-tat hostilities in Syria.

They forcibly removed the entire indigenous Chagossian people from the island, and a Navy planner involved later expressed deep regret.