Ideas
Why Soldiers Might Disobey the President’s Orders to Occupy US Cities
Because it might be their duty to do so. Two ethicists at Navy schools explain.
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Terrorists Aren’t Staying In Jail as Long as You Might Think
Most convicted of terror offenses stay just a few years, and receive far too little rehabilitation support before and after they leave.
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Milley's Chance to Right His ‘Mistake’
The Joint Chiefs chairman now says he was wrong to walk with the president. Will he survive to push back a second time?
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Lessons from Yemen’s Missile War
After five years, hundreds of long- and short-range missiles fired, and more than 160 missile-defense intercepts, it’s time to take stock.
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Stop Training Police Like They’re Joining the Military
If policing is to change, the spotlight must turn toward police academies, where new recruits are first inculcated into the folkways of their profession.
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We Need Joe Biden
Donald Trump has failed. Our national cohesion and security can’t wait another five years.
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Dear Mr. Secretary, You Can Rename Army Bases Right Now
If the Army’s civilian leader is serious about starting to address institutional racism, here’s a helping hand.
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Explainer: What Is Antifa?
Despite Trump's attempts to paint the movement as an organized threat, its members are decentralized, rarely violent, and focused on resisting the persecution of minority groups.
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Petraeus: Take Rebel Names Off US Army Bases
It is time to remove the names of traitors like Benning and Bragg from our country’s most important military bases.
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Biden’s Foreign Policy Would Be Better Than Trump's, But Just Barely
The former vice president lacks a consistent philosophy of when and how to use military force.
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America Is Giving Up on the Pandemic
Businesses are reopening. Protests are erupting nationwide. But the virus isn’t done with us.
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Ep. 71: The future of Arctic security, with U.S. Coast Guard Adm. Karl Schultz
The Coast Guard commandant shares some of his concerns about China, Russia, how the coronavirus has challenged the force, and more.
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This is Not a Civil-Military Crisis
Recent statements by uniformed leaders are anodyne expressions about U.S. law. Those by retired four-stars are more problematic.
Policy
What The Iraq War Can Teach Us About Better Policing
One lesson: if you treat a neighborhood like a battlespace, you’re well on the way to losing the war.
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Cool It With the ‘America In Decline’ Talk
Clear-eyed assessment, not reductive defeatism, is required to develop a foreign policy that meets U.S. interests.
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James Mattis Denounces Trump as a Threat to the Constitution
In an extraordinary condemnation, the former defense secretary backs protesters and says the president is trying to turn Americans against one another.
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America’s Generals Must Stand Up to Trump
Our military leaders are willing to take a bullet for this country. But are they prepared to take a pink slip?
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Police Militarization Has Fostered a Culture that Sees Protesters as ‘The Enemy’
I served 27 years as a police officer, I have observed this militarization firsthand, and studied how it affects confrontations.
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Is the Conflict in Libya a Preview of the Future of Warfare?
Drones. Mercenaries. Disinformation campaigns waged on social media.
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