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

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

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

Filibuster ends, Brennan’s CIA confirmation closer; How Assad lost the COIN; A “disservice” to combat vets: the push to demote the DWM; What Congress is doing for the Pentagon; Arming cyber warriors, and a little more.

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

The Pentagon spends $1 billion a year to pay unemployment to service members; Mattis’ parting shot: Afghanistan needs 20k post 2014; Pentagon, strictly enforcing CODEL travel; Where did $60 billon go in Iraq; What happened in Wardak; and a little more.

BY GORDON LUBOLD | MARCH 6, 2013

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