A former U.S. infantryman responds to Trump’s amnesiac take on Afghanistan.

A scholar of civil wars warns against repeating the past mistakes from U.S. military interventions abroad.

External attacks stir up nationalism and redirect public anger outward, a “rally-around-the-flag” effect long documented by political scientists.

A hostile takeover would shatter America’s key alliance, limit its military’s global reach, and invite economic reprisal.

A former diplomat looks at the president’s latest ally-shaking outburst.

As lawmakers sprint to fund the U.S. government, America’s support for Kyiv hangs in the balance—and could determine how the conflict ends.

Trump is the latest to reach for a military solution of the kind that rarely produces durable peace.

Trump’s new ‘battleship’ should not carry nukes Producing a new nuclear missile for the Navy would leave us less safe. December 24, 2025 12:37 AM ET | Andrew C. Weber A killing at sea marks America’s descent into lawless power…

Army will trim 5% of general-officer jobs in coming years, chief’s spokesman says Gen. Randy George agrees the Army is “too top-heavy.” December 19, 2024 | Meghann Myers Army aviation was having a bad few years—even before Wed…

Producing a new nuclear missile for the Navy would leave us less safe.