Military

The Battle for South Kordofan

Will total war in Sudan ever cease?

BY JAMES VERINI | JANUARY 22, 2013

101 Things People Want Obama to Do in Term 2

From the merely ambitious to the sublimely ridiculous, here's an exhaustive list of all the things people want Obama to do in his second term.

BY ELIZABETH F. RALPH | JANUARY 21, 2013

Chemical Reaction

How the United States should deal with Assad.

BY MICHAEL EISENSTADT | JANUARY 18, 2013

The Eradicateurs

Why Algeria doesn't talk to terrorists -- even if that means killing hostages.

BY GEOFF D. PORTER | JANUARY 18, 2013

Al Qaeda Is Alive in Africa

A witches' brew of Islamic jihadists is stirring up trouble across the continent. But is that America's problem yet?

BY DANIEL BYMAN | JANUARY 17, 2013

Should Obama Have Intervened in Syria?

Or would U.S. military involvement merely have made a disaster worse?

BY MARC LYNCH | JANUARY 17, 2013

Counter Intelligence

Was David Petraeus the last smart general in the U.S. military?

BY ROSA BROOKS | JANUARY 17, 2013

The 'Dynamite' Pentagon Interview Behind 'Zero Dark Thirty'

Michael Vickers 'delivered' for the movie.

BY NATE JONES | JANUARY 17, 2013

A More Sacred Union

How two words -- forged nearly a century ago -- help explain France's military intervention in Mali.

BY ROBERT ZARETSKY | JANUARY 17, 2013

Suiting Up

What the United States is doing to prepare for chemical war in Syria.

BY R. JEFFREY SMITH, THE CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY | JANUARY 17, 2013

Coup Season

Is Pakistan's meddlesome military up to its old tricks?

BY ARIF RAFIQ | JANUARY 16, 2013

Al Qaeda Country

Why Mali matters.

BY PETER CHILSON | JANUARY 15, 2013

Behind the Rhetoric

The Pentagon starts to manage the defense drawdown.

BY GORDON ADAMS | JANUARY 15, 2013

The 3:00 AM Call

Why aren't we asking Hagel about the stuff the SecDef actually does?

BY MICAH ZENKO | JANUARY 15, 2013

For Defense, Less Beef, More Chuck

Why Hagel's critics need to turn down the heat.

BY JOHN ARQUILLA | JANUARY 14, 2013

Zero Dark Torture

Viewers and critics have been shocked by Zero Dark Thirty's depiction of enhanced interrogation techniques. But, if anything, the film goes way too easy on the CIA.

BY LAURA PITTER | JANUARY 11, 2013

Exit, Minus Strategy

Barack Obama has clearly decided to cut his losses in Afghanistan. Will all hell break lose when he does?

BY JAMES TRAUB | JANUARY 11, 2013

The Most Hated Woman in Israel

Haneen Zoabi has made her career speaking up for Israel's Arab minority. In Benjamin Netanyahu's Israel, that's becoming harder each day.

BY LARRY DERFNER | JANUARY 11, 2013

A Few Good Men

And how the U.S. military lost them.

BY J. DANA STUSTER | JANUARY 10, 2013

An Army of None

Why the Pentagon is failing to keep its best and brightest.

BY TIM KANE | JANUARY 10, 2013

Channeling Ike

The national security memo that Eisenhower would write Hagel.

BY MICHAEL J. MAZARR | JANUARY 10, 2013

Why the Left Should Embrace John Brennan

The architect of the drone program is the only one who can fix it.

BY MICHAEL A. COHEN | JANUARY 9, 2013

Back to the Future

Missile defense doesn't work, so of course Congress is doubling it.

BY JEFFREY LEWIS | JANUARY 9, 2013

Don't Engage Kim Jong Un -- Bankrupt Him

It's time to play hardball with North Korea's new leader.

BY JOSHUA STANTON, SUNG-YOON LEE | JANUARY 9, 2013

The 5 Most Important Questions About Afghanistan

Obama can't shirk the difficult issues when he meets with Karzai this week.

BY MICHAEL KUGELMAN | JANUARY 9, 2013

Target Window

Time for President Obama to reform drone policy.

BY MICAH ZENKO | JANUARY 8, 2013

No Girls Allowed

Why the Obama administration needs hormone therapy.

BY ROSA BROOKS | JANUARY 8, 2013

Welcome to the Jungle

How Vietnam taught Chuck Hagel to hate war.

BY CHARLYNE BERENS | JANUARY 8, 2013

Will Chuck Hagel Stand Up to the Drone Lobby?

Or will he be yet another victim of Pentagon operators?

BY WINSLOW WHEELER | JANUARY 7, 2013

Civil Savant

How Andrew Marshall has shaped our world.

BY JOHN ARQUILLA | JANUARY 7, 2013