Hell in the shadows: Congo and the ultimate endless war of all time
Jason Stearns argues why war here has become self-perpetuating, as 120 armed groups feed off each other and millions have died.
Jason Stearns argues why war here has become self-perpetuating, as 120 armed groups feed off each other and millions have died.
Surveys signal a wider resistance to interventionism, which is not surprising given the history of sacrifice, and cost to communities.
For 20 years she remained committed to using American power as a blunt force instrument, including torture and endless war.
In the past, Washington needed everyone’s support behind military conflicts. Today it wants people to forget. Drones help them do that.
Human rights legal scholar Aslı Bâli discusses the pitfalls of US intervention and a different path forward: restraint.
Author Mary Dudziak talks about how we have handed over the prerogative for war to the president, and why.
Searching for nails in the Middle East and Russia — haven’t we seen this movie before?
A Times exposé revealing a ‘system of impunity’ at the Pentagon regarding civilian casualties should be a catalyst for change.
Wary of military adventurism, the survey also found that Americans want US leaders to focus on domestic issues.
As the Biden administration appears to be ramping up airstrikes in Syria, Congress needs to do a full review of the American role in the country’s decade-long civil war.
It may be too soon to erect a monument to a 20-year conflict that is ongoing and that many Americans still don’t understand.
A headline said today is the first Vets Day in decades ‘without a war underway.’ Huh?
The former Afghan envoy popped up at a conference of U.S. war policy critics. He agrees with them, and perhaps that’s all that matters.
We have to correct the widening disconnect between foreign policy decision-making and average citizens’ daily lives.
This would add to 750 existing American bases abroad, according to a new Quincy study hot off the presses today.
The civ-mil divide and the health of our volunteer forces are of urgent concern right now, with blame pointed at the top.
The findings come as a separate study estimates the US has so far spent $8 trillion.
For President Bush, the only option was revenge, but an alternative path was available.
Billions of dollars of US materiel is now in the Taliban’s hands; but which leader will be taken to task for it, or for anything?
The former general joins a chorus of calls to stay in Afghanistan indefinitely with broad assumptions that there will be no costs.
Congress has abdicated its constitutional role, helping mire the US in endless conflicts around the world.