American Special Operations Forces Have a Very Funny Definition of Success American Special Operations Forces Have a Very Funny Definition of Success
US Special Operations forces have deployed to 147 countries this year. To what end, exactly?
Oct 26, 2015 / Nick Turse
US Engagement in the Middle East Is Riskier Than Ever US Engagement in the Middle East Is Riskier Than Ever
Twelve years after the invasion of Iraq, the US presses onward in a region where it has few clear goals. What could go wrong?
Oct 22, 2015 / Peter Van Buren
What’s Wrong With Obama’s Decision to Keep Troops in Afghanistan What’s Wrong With Obama’s Decision to Keep Troops in Afghanistan
They’re protecting the tenuous grip on power of an increasingly unpopular government.
Oct 22, 2015 / The Editors
What I Discovered From Interviewing Imprisoned ISIS Fighters What I Discovered From Interviewing Imprisoned ISIS Fighters
They’re drawn to the movement for reasons that have little to do with belief in extremist Islam.
Oct 21, 2015 / Lydia Wilson
These Irish Antiwar Protesters Are Sick of Having the US Military in Their Country These Irish Antiwar Protesters Are Sick of Having the US Military in Their Country
The influx of Syrian refugees into Europe has reinvigorated Ireland’s debate on its involvement with the war on terror.
Oct 20, 2015 / Danielle Ryan
Never Mind the Civilian Casualties Never Mind the Civilian Casualties
Drones don’t!
Oct 20, 2015 / Tom Tomorrow
Can Diplomacy Put Out the Syrian Fire? Can Diplomacy Put Out the Syrian Fire?
It's time for international negotiations to finally begin.
Oct 19, 2015 / Jo Comerford and Mattea Kramer
Obama Just Signed a Blank Check for Endless War in Afghanistan Obama Just Signed a Blank Check for Endless War in Afghanistan
And one congresswoman is not having it.
Oct 15, 2015 / John Nichols
Fog of Intelligence: How the Most Expensive National Security Operation in the World Was ‘Caught Off Guard’ in Kunduz Fog of Intelligence: How the Most Expensive National Security Operation in the World Was ‘Caught Off Guard’ in Kunduz
Despite 17 agencies and 500,000 private contractors, the US intelligence community was oblivious to the Taliban’s advances in northern Afghanistan.
Oct 15, 2015 / Tom Engelhardt
Iraq and Afghanistan Have Officially Become Vietnam 2.0 Iraq and Afghanistan Have Officially Become Vietnam 2.0
Our policy of arming and training local militias in Vietnam was largely unsuccessful. So why are we repeating that mistake today?
Oct 13, 2015 / Andrew J. Bacevich