US Military

The Biden administration must decide whether to change course or maintain the Trump administration’s litigation approach in major Trump-era cases concerning national security…

How to break six common and unhelpful patterns in US engagement with security partners that abuse rights or democratic standards.

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

If we claim to honor their service, we must not leave our veterans to hold the weight of our collective national commitment on their own.

Reflections in the wake of Afghanistan.

"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.

Separatist provocations pose the greatest danger to the country's peace and cohesion since the accords were forged 26 years ago.

It might represent the only option for the US on terrorist threats from Afghanistan, but it will be brute, imperfect military force.

How prior administrations failed to tell Congress about special forces engaged in combat operations in Cameroon, Niger, Somalia, Tunisia, and what it means for War Powers and AUMF…

With the administration preparing its Nuclear Posture Review, such a declaration would significantly reduce the risks of nuclear war.

The necessary post-Afghanistan debate is heating up, and it should be informed by history’s lessons and enduring American values.