National Security

Preserve the Reserves

Why America needs its citizen-soldiers now more than ever.

BY CHRISTOPHER HOLSHEK | MARCH 15, 2013

Ends and Means

A decade later, what lessons haven't we learned from the war in Iraq that we should?

MARCH 15, 2013

Phasing Out

Time for Obama to scuttle the plan to shoot down non-existent Iranian ICBMs.

BY TOM Z. COLLINA | MARCH 14, 2013

Mission Creep in the War on Terror

The case against giving the president even more power to use force.

BY ROSA BROOKS | MARCH 14, 2013

Learning Curve

'Never Again' is the wrong lesson to draw from the Iraq war.

BY JAMES DOBBINS | MARCH 13, 2013

No One Saw This Coming

How we've been surprised by our growing ability to predict things.

BY AMY ZEGART | MARCH 13, 2013

The Great Cyberscare

Why the Pentagon is razzmatazzing you about those big bad Chinese hackers.

BY THOMAS RID | MARCH 13, 2013

The Hate List

Is America really being overrun by right-wing militants?

BY J.M. BERGER | MARCH 12, 2013

God Bless Bob Woodward

In praise of investigative reporting.

BY MICAH ZENKO | MARCH 12, 2013

The Iraq War That Might Have Been

Ten years on, newly published secret documents shed new light on potential turning points the United States missed.

BY MICHAEL R. GORDON, BERNARD E. TRAINOR | MARCH 12, 2013

Pulp Non-Fiction

How to explain Washington dysfunction in 10 pulp-fiction posters.

BY MICHAEL PECK | MARCH 11, 2013

Smaller Is Smarter

Military drawdowns have driven innovation for millennia.

BY JOHN ARQUILLA | MARCH 11, 2013

The Global Swarm

Drones are not only spreading to other countries, they're becoming smaller and smarter.

BY P.W. SINGER | MARCH 11, 2013

Wanted: Ph.D.s Who Can Win a Bar Fight

How to reform the Pentagon for "light footprint" interventions.

BY FERNANDO M. LUJÁN | MARCH 8, 2013

Gray Matter

How to fight Chinese cyber attacks without starting a cold war.

BY JOEL BRENNER | MARCH 8, 2013

Military Review

How Chuck Hagel can show the generals who's boss.

BY GORDON ADAMS | MARCH 8, 2013

It's Not You, It's Me

America's nukes are designed to comfort us, not scare the enemy.

BY JEFFREY LEWIS | MARCH 8, 2013

Time Is Running Out on North Korea

Congress needs to make Pyongyang pay a price for its recklessness.

BY SEN. ROBERT MENENDEZ | MARCH 7, 2013

Inside the Black Box

How the NSA is helping companies fight back against Chinese hackers.

BY MARC AMBINDER | MARCH 7, 2013

A First Draft of the Third War

Why President Obama should commission a history of targeted killing.

BY MICAH ZENKO | MARCH 6, 2013