The president and the Pentagon have different national-security doctrines, but they've found a dangerous common ground.

Michelle Obama said the presidency "reveals who you are." Trump's handling of the deaths of four U.S. soldiers proves her right.

The missile attack on Syria shows how the president has caved to the Pentagon—with deadly consequences for U.S. foreign policy.

A private contractor tossed U.S. military waste in Iraq and Afghanistan into giant pits and burned it. Now soldiers forced to breathe the toxic fumes are sick or dying—and the government is using faulty science to evade responsibility.

It began as the “good” war. Fifteen years on, it’s a disaster we can’t escape.

Why the Obama administration's "light footprint" strategy might be counterproductive.

Photographers Joel Chapman and Hector Rene are former soldiers who use art history to explore military and institutional power.

The myth of American decline