National Security

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

Obama to redouble efforts to shutter Gitmo, reduce drone strikes; Rosa Brooks wants POTUS in her classroom; Horror in the U.K.; Is Jon Stewart goading the WH on the VA?; Hagel: build a better software program; and a little bit more.

BY GORDON LUBOLD | 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

Where is the decision on Afghanistan? Amid comeback, Petraeus at center of Benghazi; Sexual assault prevention workers to get furlough reprieve; Whose fault is sexual assault? No pics of bin Laden; and a little bit more.

BY GORDON LUBOLD | 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

Gitmo needs $200 million in upgrades; Guardsmen called up in Oklahoma; an ICBM test planned for today; Hagel meets with a Russian; What North Korea could do to the U.S.; Baron, out; and a bit more.

BY GORDON LUBOLD | 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

Hagel’s front office gets a new Hand; Shineski, under fire; Obama to talk drone, Gitmo policy; MCT: Amos being investigated; Terminal Lance: “Shut up!” and a bit more.

BY GORDON LUBOLD | MAY 20, 2013

Obama doubling the number of Marine guards for embassies; POTUS reduces the max sentence for rape in the military; Hand leaves the Pentagon; No free coins for the Navy; Not much carpooling to the White House; Russia sends warships; and a bit more.

BY GORDON LUBOLD | MAY 17, 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

Fox leaving the Pentagon; Mullen, Pickering, get a little testy with Issa; Benghazi e-mails released; Stevens denied military assistance; Little on the “hook-up” culture; Disconnecting the phones at DOD; and a bit more.

BY GORDON LUBOLD | MAY 16, 2013

Requiem for a Realist

The legacy of Kenneth Waltz.

MAY 15, 2013

David Sedney, leaving the Pentagon; The sexual assault crisis deepens for Hagel; Is the sailor’s kiss on V-J Day a sexual assault? No dressing down at DIA; Chaos aboard the Porter and a bit more.

BY GORDON LUBOLD | 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

Hagel will furlough civilians 11 days; Is the Air Force ready in Europe? Dempsey, not big on mil intervention in Syria; Why carrying pens is an occupational hazard for journos at Karzai’s palace; and a little bit more.

BY GORDON LUBOLD | MAY 14, 2013

Beijing's 'Bitskrieg'

How China is revolutionizing warfare.

BY JOHN ARQUILLA | MAY 13, 2013

A “sense of urgency” on sexual assault; Turkish PM on CW; Rising stars: the Pentagon trims the brass; Does the Army need a therapist?; Gen. O: Army needs agile leaders;” Did dude look like a lady?; and a little bit more.

BY GORDON LUBOLD | MAY 10, 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

Talking in Circles

Why Harold Koh's big speech on targeted killings is just more of the same, intentional Obama muddle.

BY MICAH ZENKO | MAY 9, 2013

AF officer seemed like a good choice at the time; the problem with Hicks; On uniforms, a pattern of duplication; Spencer for hire; what is a “SCAMMER?” Kath Hicks, out, and a bit more.

BY GORDON LUBOLD | MAY 9, 2013

Russia's New Tip of the Spear

What's got the Kremlin so worried that it created a Special Operations Command?

BY DMITRI TRENIN | MAY 8, 2013

The Case for Nuclear Unilateralism

New START may be flawed, but it also holds an opportunity for Obama to do something truly momentous.

BY YOUSAF BUTT | MAY 8, 2013

ISAF launches investigation; Sexual assaults skyrocket across the military; Hagel may not be a change of command kind of guy; The cost of a no-fly zone; Will budget cuts cut the Pentagon library?; a little bit more.

BY GORDON LUBOLD | MAY 8, 2013

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