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October 7, 2016
MagazineMay Jeong
Afghanistan Is an Infinite Quagmire
It began as the “good” war. Fifteen years on, it’s a disaster we can’t escape.
August 31, 2016
Anakwa Dwamena
Why #VeteransForKaepernick matters.
July 6, 2016
Clio Chang
America’s longest war just got longer.
May 13, 2016
Charles J. Dunlap, Jr.
Is the U.S. Military Strategy Doing More Harm or Good in the Middle East?
Why the Obama administration's "light footprint" strategy might be counterproductive.
April 1, 2016
Stephanie Heimann
Combat Cameras
Photographers Joel Chapman and Hector Rene are former soldiers who use art history to explore military and institutional power.
December 14, 2015
Arthur Neslen
The U.S. Military Loses Its Emissions Exemption in the Paris Climate Deal
December 3, 2015
Elspeth Reeve
The Pentagon will open all combat jobs to women, despite much handwringing over their ability to do pull-ups.
November 2, 2012
Jonathan Schanzer
Did Israel and the U.S. Just Cooperate on a Dry-Run for an Iran Intervention?
October 19, 2012
Max Boot
After Abbottabad: Navy SEALs and American Security
August 28, 2012
Timothy Noah
Pas Devant Les Enfants, Tampa: UN Out of Lubbock!
August 24, 2012
Timothy Snyder
Keeping Our Heads
March 14, 2012
Leon Wieseltier
Specks of War
February 25, 2012
Martin Peretz
All of Western Civilization Could Soon Be Threatened By a Nuclear Iran
January 27, 2012
David A. Bell
In Defense of Drones: A Historical Argument
January 11, 2012
Robert Kagan
Not Fade Away
The myth of American decline
October 10, 2011
Huma Yusuf
Why Pakistan and the United States Are on a Collision Course
June 15, 2011
Steven Metz
Troop Drawdown: Why We’re Asking All the Wrong Questions About Afghanistan
May 2, 2011
Jonathan Cohn
Bin Laden
May 2, 2011
Jonathan Chait
What Osama bin Laden's Death Means
April 1, 2011
James Downie
When Numbers Lie

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