Military

The Cool War

Cold War technology made war unthinkable. Cool War technology makes it irresistible.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | FEBRUARY 20, 2013

The Price of Hagel

Could this nomination fight change the electoral map in 2016?

BY HEATHER HURLBURT | FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Why America Reserves the Right to Nuke You First

And why it shouldn't.

BY JOHN ARQUILLA | FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Marco Rubio Is Not Ready for Prime Time

If the Florida senator wants to save the Republican Party, he's got to come up with a foreign policy for the real world.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | FEBRUARY 19, 2013

A Stampede of Hysterics

America's generals are just as morally bankrupt as Congress.

BY WINSLOW WHEELER | FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Hate Obama's Drone War?

Blame the bleeding-heart human rights crusaders.

BY ROSA BROOKS | FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Military Brain Drain

The Pentagon's top brass is driving away all the smart people.

BY DAVID BARNO | FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Not Much Better Than 'Nothing'

Esquire's article about "The Shooter" got it wrong, but our veterans' care is still shot.

BY PHILLIP CARTER | FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Laying Down the Law

Why Obama's targeted killing is better than Bush's torture.

BY DAVID COLE | FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Killing Isn't Cool

Why the Pentagon hates Obama's drone war.

BY MICAH ZENKO | FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Cyber-Gang Warfare

State-sponsored militias are coming to a server near you.

BY RICHARD B. ANDRES | FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Barack Obama's Lincoln Moment

What the commander of America's first modern war tells us about our first post-modern war.

BY JOHN ARQUILLA | FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Syria's Battle Royale

The struggle for Damascus looks poised to transform this bloody conflict.

BY EMILE HOKAYEM | FEBRUARY 11, 2013

War by PowerPoint

Is the White House using the Pentagon to fight the GOP?

BY GORDON ADAMS | FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Obama's Legal Netherworld

The president isn't claiming too much power to kill Americans who join al Qaeda -- but too little.

BY JOHN YOO, ROBERT DELAHUNTY | FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Arm the Syrian Rebels. Now.

Obama's cabinet had a plan to take down Bashar al-Assad. What went wrong?

BY MICHAEL DORAN, SALMAN SHAIKH | FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Revolution, Interrupted

There's a reason Egyptians keep taking to the streets: The Muslim Brotherhood has proved to be little more than the old Mubarak clique with beards.

BY HANI SHUKRALLAH | FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Obama Embraces Big Nuke Cuts

Obama and his advisors agree the U.S. needs fewer weapons.

BY R. JEFFREY SMITH, THE CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY | FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Friends with Benefits

No, Mr. President, it's not OK if our allies get nuclear weapons.

BY JEFFREY LEWIS | FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Cracks at the Core

It's not jihadists who are threatening to destroy Mali -- it's a massive culture of government corruption.

BY TRISTAN MCCONNELL | FEBRUARY 7, 2013

The Warrior King

Isn't this an awful lot of war for President 'Peace in Our Time'?

BY MICAH ZENKO | FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Death by Loophole

Obama's legal rationale for whacking Americans is so broad you could fly a drone through it.

BY ROSA BROOKS | FEBRUARY 5, 2013

We Shall Return

Don't be too sure there won't be another U.S. war in the Middle East.

BY RICHARD L. RUSSELL | FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Uncle Spam Wants You!

Can the U.S. military find a few thousand good hackers?

BY JOHN ARQUILLA | FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Size Matters

The miniaturization of U.S. foreign policy.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | FEBRUARY 4, 2013

The Force of Tomorrow

The Army's top general on the future of war.

BY GEN. RAY ODIERNO | FEBRUARY 4, 2013

What to Expect from a North Korean Nuclear Test

Pyongyang is about to make some more trouble. Here's what to look for when Kim Jong Un debuts his new bomb.

BY SIEGFRIED S. HECKER | FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Vive L'Empereur!

Five wargames in which the French fight.

BY MICHAEL PECK | FEBRUARY 1, 2013

On the Warpath with France's Avant-Garde

Following in the footsteps of the French military advance in Mali.

Photographs by FABIO BUCCIARELLI | JANUARY 31, 2013

In the Army Now

A veteran on why her daughter should sign up.

BY ELIZABETH YOUNG MCNALLY | JANUARY 31, 2013