A Clear View from Foggy Bottom

How State Department analysts  -- and no one else -- foresaw the 1973 Arab-Israeli war.

BY WILLIAM BURR | MARCH 5, 2013

The Army will leave $6 billion worth of gear in Afghanistan; Hagel’s first foreign defense minister visit is Israel’s Barak, today; DHS goes commando; How will Hagel be with the press? And a little more.

BY GORDON LUBOLD | MARCH 5, 2013

Sequester happens; The Pivot underway: first LCS sets sail today; Who at The Post took the call?; Being Steve Warren, and a little more.

MARCH 1, 2013

Hagel remembers the ‘jarring gong’; Sequester a day away; Ooh-rah, Hoo-ah: the Marines, Army draw down quicker than expected; Why is the Air Force going old school? Farewell to Mike Evans, and a little more.

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

Don't Trust Anyone Over 70

Why old leaders are dangerous.

BY GAUTAM MUKUNDA | FEBRUARY 27, 2013

The man in the Pentagon Hagel most wants to meet; Hagel’s Job One; Dunford, Karzai, meet over Wardak; U.S. may give direct aid to Syrian rebels; Why “Women-in-Combat” could be a misnomer, and more.

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Most. Dangerous. World. Ever.

The ridiculous hyperbole about government budget cuts.

BY MICAH ZENKO | FEBRUARY 26, 2013

You Can Leave Your Shoes On

Why sequester could make air travel a whole lot better.

BY JUSTIN HIENZ | FEBRUARY 25, 2013

The First Rule of Drone Club

The bad lessons Turkey learned from Obama's war from above.

BY AARON STEIN | FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Limited Partnership

No, North Korea did not just test an Iranian nuke.

BY JEFFREY LEWIS | FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Breedlove to Europe; A new plan for the ‘Stan; Hagel, reaching the finish line; Obama sends 40 more military to Niger; A “furlough calculator” for sequesters and more.

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Nuclear Deference

How Obama can convince Moscow he's not out to ruin Russia.

BY DMITRI TRENIN | FEBRUARY 21, 2013

Hagel's Revenge

How Obama's new Pentagon chief can get back at his Republican enemies.

BY LAWRENCE J. KORB, LAUREN LINDE | FEBRUARY 20, 2013

The Signal and the Noise

Why subtlety and national security don't mix.

BY MICAH ZENKO | FEBRUARY 20, 2013