Voices
Lesson From Ukraine: Breaking Promises to Small Countries Means They’ll Never Give Up Nukes
In the 1990s, world powers promised Ukraine that if it disarmed, they would not violate its security. That promise was broken.
National Security
How the Navy SEALs Failed America — and How They Can Change
In “Code Over Country,” Matthew Cole argues that Americans who celebrate the SEALs must also understand the cost of their service.
White House Discusses Reinstating Trump's Terror Designation for Yemen’s Houthis
A terrorist designation for the Houthis could trigger “devastating” sanctions on Yemen.
What If the U.S. Hadn't Gone to War After 9/11?
New research offers an alternative to the war on terror as the Biden administration rethinks its counterterrorism playbook.
Voices
Killing of ISIS Leader Shows That U.S. Forever Wars Will Never End
Biden’s claim that the world has been made safer by the killing of yet another terrorist leader is hard to credit.
Voices
Pentagon Professes Shock That U.S. Airstrikes Frequently Kill Civilians
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's promises to curb civilian casualties are as empty as the military's vows to stop sexual harassment.
Making a Killing
UAE Adviser Illegally Funneled Foreign Cash Into Hillary Clinton's 2016 Campaign
George Nader also cultivated key Trump advisers on behalf of his Gulf clients, prosecutors say.
Ghosts of Guantánamo
I Spent 20 Years Covering America's Secretive Detention Regime. Torture Was Always the Subtext.
The U.S. naval base in Cuba was like another planet, where only the camaraderie of other journalists kept me tied to reality.
Voices
The Silence — or Worse — of Human Rights Hawks on U.S. Sanctions Against Afghanistan
When opposing the withdrawal from Afghanistan, D.C. hawks crowed about human rights. With U.S. sanctions causing starvation? Not so much.
Voices
A Marine's College Essay May Hold a Clue to His Role on January 6
Christopher Warnagiris wrote about the relatively obscure Stoic philosopher Epictetus, who has become a surprise rock star of the alt-right.