Can the president deploy the military inside the United States?
Here are the limits of presidential authority under the Constitution and federal law.
What do international relations scholars think about the war in Gaza?
Scholars weigh in with different views of the Israel-Hamas war, campus protests, and divestment.
Condemning Putin will make it harder to end the conflict with Russia
Consider how hard it was to lift sanctions after Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait
Biden is threatening Putin with European energy sanctions. That may be difficult to pull off.
Europe is counting on a new Russian gas pipeline to alleviate energy shortages
The U.S. couldn’t build Afghanistan a democracy. That rarely works.
Regimes battling a counterinsurgency often depend on corruption to stay in power
The Taliban has seized more cities, despite U.S. efforts to build a strong Afghan military. What happened?
Persuading partners to emulate the U.S. military approach doesn’t necessarily work, new research finds
Was the U.S. Capitol riot really a coup? Here’s why definitions matter.
Calling this a coup obscures important dynamics.
Trump got it wrong at the U.N. America can’t counteract China without global institutions.
Future international orders may look quite different.
What’s happening in Portland could hurt civilian control of the military. Here’s how.
Blurring the line between police and military could create an internal security force accountable to only one political branch or official.