Military

A Government in Search of a Country

Can the newly appointed opposition prime minister form an interim government that Syrians can get behind?

BY JUSTIN VELA | MARCH 20, 2013

Silicon, Iron, and Shadow

Three wars that will define America's future.

BY DAVID W. BARNO | MARCH 19, 2013

If a Tree Falls in Baghdad…

Ten years after the Iraq war, almost everything in this country -- from security to its place in the region -- is still in play.

BY JANE ARRAF | MARCH 19, 2013

The Iraq Syndrome

A decade later, what lessons haven't we learned from the war in Iraq that we should?

MARCH 19, 2013

The First Step

Why America needs to beat itself up a little more over the Iraq War.

BY MICHAEL A. COHEN | MARCH 19, 2013

This Is Not the Drone Debate We're Looking For

How Rand Paul and company are totally missing the point.

BY MICAH ZENKO | MARCH 19, 2013

The Jihadi from the Block

In the war for the heart of northern Mali, the real fear isn’t al Qaeda, it’s the criminals and fundamentalists lurking just around the corner.

BY PETER TINTI | MARCH 19, 2013

The Secret Surge Debate

Behind closed doors, a newly revealed transcript shows, the Bush administration was much more deeply divided about the way forward in Iraq than it let on in public.

BY MICHAEL R. GORDON | MARCH 18, 2013

The Illogic of Iraq

Explaining one of history's most egregious strategic non sequiturs.

BY JOHN ARQUILLA | MARCH 18, 2013

No Books Were Cooked

Mistakes were made in the lead-up to war in Iraq ten years ago. But fabricating intelligence on weapons of mass destruction to serve policy wasn’t one of them.

BY CHARLES DUELFER | MARCH 18, 2013

To COIN or Not?

A decade later, what lessons haven't we learned from the war in Iraq that we should?

MARCH 18, 2013

Preserve the Reserves

Why America needs its citizen-soldiers now more than ever.

BY CHRISTOPHER HOLSHEK | MARCH 15, 2013

Ends and Means

A decade later, what lessons haven't we learned from the war in Iraq that we should?

MARCH 15, 2013

America Needs a Coast Guard That Can Fight

As the Arctic becomes an arena for conflict, the United States’ forgotten naval force will need to cowboy up.

BY JAMES HOLMES | MARCH 15, 2013

Wayward in Waziristan

How the United States is blowing the war on terror in the most dangerous place in the world.

BY AKBAR AHMED, HARRISON AKINS | MARCH 15, 2013

Xi Pivots to Moscow

What message is China's new leader sending with his first overseas trip?

BY JOHN GARNAUT | MARCH 14, 2013

Phasing Out

Time for Obama to scuttle the plan to shoot down non-existent Iranian ICBMs.

BY TOM Z. COLLINA | MARCH 14, 2013

Mission Creep in the War on Terror

The case against giving the president even more power to use force.

BY ROSA BROOKS | MARCH 14, 2013

Inside the Pentagon on 9/11

McLaughlin's minute-by-minute account of the terrorist attack in Washington.

BY TIM MCLAUGHLIN | MARCH 14, 2013

Kill Lists and Victoria's Secret

A Marine's candid, and often funny, reflections on life during wartime.  — The Iraq War Diaries of Lt. Tim McLaughlin

MARCH 14, 2013

Tearing Down Saddam

'This place is pandemonium.'  — The Iraq War Diaries of Lt. Tim McLaughlin

MARCH 14, 2013

A Personal History, An American History

How one Marine's diary helps us understand the Iraq war.

BY PETER MAASS | MARCH 14, 2013

‘Good Kills’

The bloody battle for the Diyala bridge.

BY PETER MAASS | MARCH 14, 2013

My Handwritten War

An eyewitness to history, from the 9/11 attacks to the toppling of Saddam.

BY TIM MCLAUGHLIN | MARCH 14, 2013

Learning Curve

'Never Again' is the wrong lesson to draw from the Iraq war.

BY JAMES DOBBINS | MARCH 13, 2013

The Great Cyberscare

Why the Pentagon is razzmatazzing you about those big bad Chinese hackers.

BY THOMAS RID | MARCH 13, 2013

What Vali Nasr Gets Wrong

A former State Department insider has written a blistering account of the Obama administration’s missteps in Afghanistan. But is he right?

BY SARAH CHAYES | MARCH 12, 2013

The Toppling

How the media inflated a minor moment in a long war.

BY PETER MAASS | MARCH 12, 2013