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.
Good to Know: U.S. war powers Andrew Rudalevige - February 22, 2024 Does the president or Congress have the power to go to war?
What happens now to U.S. counterterrorism efforts in Afghanistan? Sarah Kreps and Paul Lushenko - September 21, 2021 The lack of accountability for civilian casualties in drone strikes isn’t likely to change
Last month, three drones attacked an Israeli tanker. Here’s why that’s something new. James Rogers - August 18, 2021 Will Iran’s ‘shadow war’ slip into the open?
The U.S. is pulling out of Afghanistan. Don’t expect an al-Qaeda reboot. Daniel Byman - April 30, 2021 Here’s why the country won’t necessarily become a base for international terrorist attacks
Five things to watch as the U.S. prepares to exit Afghanistan Asfandyar Mir - April 25, 2021 For Afghans, the conflict enters a new phase
Biden has picked a retired general for defense secretary. Here’s why it matters. Risa Brooks, Michael Robinson, and Heidi A. Urben - December 9, 2020 The move marks back-to-back administrations tapping retired generals to fill high-level government positions
The death of Baghdadi isn’t the end of ISIS Jenna Jordan - November 5, 2019 Research shows eliminating the leader of a terrorist group is not enough
What should U.S. military leaders do if the president provokes a major international crisis? Risa Brooks - February 16, 2017 [caption id="attachment_54243" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Members of a military band rehearse
Why the U.S. (still) can't train the Iraqi military - September 22, 2015 [caption id="attachment_29703" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Iraqi soldiers with U.S.-made weapons take