
The New Rules of War
The visionary who first saw the age of "netwar" coming warns that the U.S. military is getting it wrong all over again. Here’s his plan to make conflict cheaper, smaller, and smarter.
By John Arquilla
In this exclusive collection of work, acclaimed conflict photographers explain how they captured pictures worth a thousand words.
From the bloody civil wars in Africa to the rag-tag insurgiences in Southeast Asia, 33 conflicts are raging around the world today, and it’s often innocent civilians who suffer the most.
By KAYVAN FARZANEH, ANDREW SWIFT, PETER WILLIAMS
Cutting-edge commentary on the changing nature of conflict.
By Edward Luttwak
By Andrew J. Bacevich
By Jeffrey Gettleman
Why the wars on cancer, poverty, drugs, terror, drunk driving, teen pregnancy, and other ills can't be won.
By MoisÉs NaÍm
What I learned in eight years reading propaganda from inside the Hermit Kingdom.
By B.R. Myers
The good ayatollah
By Abbas Milani
By Davide Cantoni
By Colum Lynch
By Clive Baldwin
Presidential Debate
Former President Jimmy Carter and his former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski respond to Walter Russell Mead's "The Carter Syndrome."
Sitting in Limbo
The government of Abkhazia and the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization take issue with Graeme Wood's "Limbo World."
Nuclear Exchange
Ken Adelman thinks John Mueller is too dismissive of the nuclear threat.
Everything you need to know about the Eurovision final

BY ELIAS GROLL
Inside Saudi Arabia's new crackdown on dissent

British Foreign Office to drunk Britons everywhere: No, we can't translate that tattoo for you

BY ELIAS GROLL
5 great reads for your weekend
BY RACHEL WILKINSON
Why do some groups choose nonviolence?
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING
The Army is looking for a few good drone backhoes

BY JOHN REED
Meet the movement standing up to Libya's extremists

BY MOHAMED ELJARH