Military

Vive La France, Allahu Akbar

Islamic militants messed with the wrong city on Saturday night.

BY MATT TREVITHICK, DANIEL SECKMAN | APRIL 1, 2013

Loss Leader

The Army needs to admit it has a problem -- or things will only get worse.

BY DAVID W. BARNO | MARCH 29, 2013

GAO Stands by Its F-35 Report

A response to Winslow Wheeler.

BY CHUCK YOUNG | MARCH 29, 2013

Let Them Go

Why John Brennan should give a passport and $10K to every Gitmo prisoner.

BY ROSA BROOKS | MARCH 28, 2013

China’s Glass Ceiling

Sure, the Middle Kingdom is becoming a superpower, but it's always going to be No. 2.

BY GEOFF DYER | MARCH 28, 2013

Welcome to Cocainebougou

Amid the drug palaces of northern Mali, it's easy to see why this war will be hard to win.

BY YOCHI DREAZEN | MARCH 27, 2013

Wait, Did the System Just Work?

Congress performs oversight on drones -- and gets results.

BY AMY ZEGART | MARCH 27, 2013

Army Strong

Actually, Lt. Gen. Barno, the best and the brightest are staying in uniform.

BY LT. GEN. FREDERICK “BEN” HODGES | MARCH 27, 2013

Can the Marines Survive?

If America's amphibious force doesn't adapt, it'll be dead in the water.

BY LT. COL. LLOYD FREEMAN | MARCH 26, 2013

Use an Axe, Not a Scalpel

There's no such thing as a surgical strike on a terrorist network.

BY JOHN ARQUILLA | MARCH 25, 2013

Think Again: North Korea

North Korea is a lot more dangerous than you think, but that doesn't mean that Kim Jong Un is insane.

BY DAVID KANG, VICTOR CHA | MARCH 25, 2013

Cowboys vs. Kippot

The awesome sci-fi novel about U.S. relations with Israel -- in an alternate acid-trip universe.

BY MICHAEL PECK | MARCH 22, 2013

Rabid Response

Is the Pentagon crazy enough to bring nukes to a cyberfight?

BY YOUSAF BUTT | MARCH 22, 2013

Error Report

Is there a government conspiracy to save the F-35?

BY WINSLOW WHEELER | MARCH 22, 2013

The Tip of the Democracy Spear

The U.S. military doesn’t exactly have an unblemished record when it comes to promoting democracy. Is there a way to change that?

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | MARCH 21, 2013

Contingency Operations

Are the Pentagon and the GOP finally embracing defense cuts?

BY GORDON ADAMS | MARCH 21, 2013

Going Clear

Drone critics wanted greater transparency. Careful what you wish for.

BY MATTHEW WAXMAN | MARCH 20, 2013

Billion Dollar Baby

Kim Jong Un scares the Pentagon into blowing a ton of money on its failed missile defense.

BY JEFFREY LEWIS | MARCH 20, 2013

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