How Michael Waltz might guide White House foreign policy Christopher Clary - January 14, 2025 What Waltz’s 2014 memoir tells us about Trump’s next national security advisor.
U.S. hostage policy will be quite different under Trump Danielle Gilbert - December 18, 2024 Freeing hostages is far more complicated than it seems.
The Islamic State’s leader died this month. What type of leader might come next? Tricia Bacon and Elizabeth Grimm - February 16, 2022 Our book on terrorist leaders gives some clues
Trump said the Navy can’t take away Eddie Gallagher’s SEAL qualification. That could be a problem. Doyle Hodges - November 22, 2019 The U.S. military is supposed to set its own high professional standards.
Trump pardoned a soldier convicted of murder. Is he hurting military effectiveness? Michael Robinson - May 14, 2019 Here are 4 takeaways from recent events in civilian-military politics.
Former U.S. Special Forces were reportedly hired to kill Yemen’s leaders. Did the government know? Deborah Avant - October 19, 2018 [caption id="attachment_79057" align="aligncenter" width="960"] The carcass of a car reportedly
Trump breaks these 3 rules about how U.S. presidents relate to the military Risa Brooks - August 23, 2017 Editors’ note: After President Trump’s announcement Monday night that the
A Navy SEAL was killed in Somalia. Here’s what you need to know about U.S. operations there. Paul Williams - May 8, 2017 [caption id="attachment_57959" align="aligncenter" width="960"] In this Oct. 30, 2009, file
The Lord’s Resistance Army is finally weakening in central Africa. This could dismantle it. Paul Ronan and Ledio Cakaj - December 6, 2016 [caption id="attachment_50714" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Children cheer as troops from the
The U.S. can’t fight terrorists in Africa. So guess what it does instead. Charles Thomas - February 1, 2016 [caption id="attachment_35026" align="aligncenter" width="908"] A crashed MQ-9 Reaper drone seen