National Security

The Other War on Terror

Limiting drone strikes and closing Gitmo won't stop homegrown radicals.

BY JANE HARMAN | MAY 24, 2013

Fear Factor

In defense of Obama's deadly signature strikes.

BY PHILIP MUDD | MAY 24, 2013

Shutter Island

Why does Obama think it will be easier to close Gitmo this time?

BY PHILLIP CARTER | MAY 24, 2013

The EMPire Strikes Back

Electromagnetic pulse is the conservative fetish that just won't die.

BY JEFFREY LEWIS | MAY 23, 2013

Authorize This

Can Obama put the war on terror on a new legal footing?

BY ROSA BROOKS | MAY 23, 2013

Flexible Spending Account

How the Pentagon is wriggling its way through sequestration.

BY GORDON ADAMS | MAY 23, 2013

The War Professor

Can Obama finally make the legal case for his war on terror?

BY ROSA BROOKS | MAY 23, 2013

Spycraft for Hacks

A veteran FBI agent's rules for how to get a juicy leak in the Obama era -- and not get caught.

BY DAVID GOMEZ | MAY 22, 2013

Beam Us Up

Why did Star Trek get to film at a secret government laser facility?

BY STEPHEN I. SCHWARTZ | MAY 22, 2013

Our Military, Ourselves

Why Americans are to blame for the Pentagon's outrageous sex scandals.

BY MICAH ZENKO, AMELIA MAE WOLF | MAY 21, 2013

War Scare

The real-life war game that almost led to nuclear armageddon.

BY NATE JONES | MAY 21, 2013

Curing America's Fear of Commitment

Karzai is an ingrate, but the Afghans need us.

BY MARC CHRETIEN | MAY 20, 2013

Getting to Yes with the Taliban

The case for negotiating with terrorists.

BY JOHN ARQUILLA | MAY 20, 2013

Breaking the Kill Chain

How to keep America in the game when our enemies are trying to shut us out.

BY ADM. JONATHAN GREENERT, GEN. MARK WELSH | MAY 16, 2013

Death Wears Bunny Slippers

Why America's nuclear missileers are going soft.

BY JEFFREY LEWIS | MAY 16, 2013

Requiem for a Realist

The legacy of Kenneth Waltz.

MAY 15, 2013

A Liberal Case for Drones

Why human rights advocates should stop worrying about the phantom fear of autonomy.

BY JOSHUA FOUST | MAY 14, 2013

Food Fight

Why is the agricultural lobby so mad at Obama?

BY GORDON ADAMS | MAY 14, 2013

Beijing's 'Bitskrieg'

How China is revolutionizing warfare.

BY JOHN ARQUILLA | MAY 13, 2013

The Electric Kool-Aid Flashback Test

Should we arm the Syrian rebels? America's attempts to do so in the past hold a few answers.

BY ROSA BROOKS | MAY 9, 2013