Gulf War Archives

Good to Know: U.S. war powers

Andrew Rudalevige - February 22, 2024

Does the president or Congress have the power to go to war?

Marc Lynch and Sarah Parkinson - December 14, 2023

Casualty counts can be a political tool – and how we report the data has real consequences.

Mary Catherine Sullivan and John Geer - June 6, 2022

Our new measure of national unity examines shifts over decades

Samuel Helfont - March 30, 2022

Consider how hard it was to lift sanctions after Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait

Clarence Lusane - November 2, 2021

He joined the Republican Party just as it was veering away from him.

James Goldgeier - September 9, 2021

The end of the Cold War scrambled U.S. foreign policy — and then 9/11 scrambled it again. Here’s what remains the same.

Sean Yom - September 30, 2020

The next-generation leaders have a history of feuding among themselves

Zachary E. Griffiths and Michael Robinson - August 28, 2020

Retired military figures offer endorsements in every presidential election. But these testimonials may not have much effect.

Austin Carson and Allison Carnegie - July 29, 2020

But proving legal violations this way has risks

Dalia Dassa Kaye - July 15, 2020

Four reasons Israel might be waging its shadow war more overtly — which could backfire.