US Wars and Military Action

Ukrainian national flag

Will France and Other European Countries Break With the US on the Ukrainian Crisis? Will France and Other European Countries Break With the US on the Ukrainian Crisis?

Or could we see a thaw in US–Russian relations?

Jul 29, 2015 / Stephen F. Cohen

John Kerry Iran Deal

It’s Not a Nuclear-Armed Iran That Israel and Saudi Arabia Really Fear It’s Not a Nuclear-Armed Iran That Israel and Saudi Arabia Really Fear

It’s that the Vienna Agreement opens the door for the United States and Iran to develop important financial and trade ties.

Jul 28, 2015 / Peter Van Buren

Dempsey and Kawano

Could Japan Become America’s New Proxy Army? Could Japan Become America’s New Proxy Army?

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wants to alter a key provision of Japan’s constitution to lift the country’s 70-year ban on foreign deployments.

Jul 27, 2015 / Tim Shorrock

Irma Selz drawing

My Mother, the American War Hero My Mother, the American War Hero

My mother’s caricatures were more than just drawings—they were a symbol of the civilian mobilization that’s since disappeared from American wars.

Jul 21, 2015 / Tom Engelhardt

John Kerry

John Kerry’s Next Challenge John Kerry’s Next Challenge

Confronting the war party on Ukraine

Jul 21, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Obama Correspondents' Dinner

Luther the Anger Translator No Longer Needed as Obama Fights for the Iranian Deal Luther the Anger Translator No Longer Needed as Obama Fights for the Iranian Deal

Obama’s impatience with the stagecraft of the White House press conference hints at a long overdue rhetorical change.

Jul 17, 2015 / Leslie Savan

Is Russia Really ‘the Greatest Threat’ to US National Security?

Is Russia Really ‘the Greatest Threat’ to US National Security? Is Russia Really ‘the Greatest Threat’ to US National Security?

Ashton Carter, Victoria Nuland, and Gen. Joseph Dunford want us to think so.

Jul 14, 2015 / James Carden

Drone over Afghanistan

The Side of Drone Warfare No One Is Talking About The Side of Drone Warfare No One Is Talking About

Low-level drone intelligence analysts are often straight out of high school and suffering from PTSD at alarming rates.

Jul 13, 2015 / Pratap Chatterjee

Vladimir Putin

Is ‘Putin’s Aggression’ Primarily Responsible for the Increasingly Dangerous New US-Russian Cold War? Is ‘Putin’s Aggression’ Primarily Responsible for the Increasingly Dangerous New US-Russian Cold War?

What the ongoing policy conflicts in Moscow mean for US–Russian relations.

Jul 8, 2015 / Stephen F. Cohen

US Military Captain Waving the Confederate Flag

What Was the Confederate Flag Doing in Cuba, Vietnam, and Iraq? What Was the Confederate Flag Doing in Cuba, Vietnam, and Iraq?

The Confederate flag’s military tenure continued long after the Civil War ended.

Jul 7, 2015 / Greg Grandin

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