Why Trump’s top retired military brass endorsement may alienate the rank-and-file
The Trump campaign is using the wrong Band-Aid to stanch the bleeding from reported exodus of military support.
The Trump campaign is using the wrong Band-Aid to stanch the bleeding from reported exodus of military support.
Most Americans are likely unaware that US combat operations have taken place not only in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria, but also in 21 other nations since President George W. Bush announced a global war on terror.
A recent incident causing the U.S. Army Esports team to pause its operations on the popular gaming platform Twitch highlights a troubling trend in military recruitment tactics.
In the wake of the coronavirus crisis and Black Lives Matter protests, many members of Congress have paid lip service to change. They can act with crucial NDAA votes this week.
It’s a fairly simple equation: If there were no U.S. troops in Afghanistan, there would be no Russian bounties on them.
Reporters are fascinated by a weapon that purportedly results in fewer instances of collateral damage, but its existence as a byproduct of endless war is often overlooked.
As we look inwards to dismantle America’s legacy of racism, we must also recognize that racism and militarism abroad are mutually reinforcing.
Members of Congress have jumped to action in the wake of the mass protests against police brutality but most often it’s the local police forces that have been militarizing themselves.
Much of the media attention has focused on whether Trump knew and why he hasn’t done anything to stop it. But no one’s asking what’s motivating Putin.
The massive resources allocated to both local police and the U.S. military create supply side pressures to find, if not create, enemies.
The proposals for change offered by the president, and from both Republicans and Democrats in Congress, will not be enough.
The work of U.N. specialized agencies must not be subordinated to the aspirations of those who want to hijack the U.N. to serve their counterterrorism politics irrespective of everything else.
Team Trump’s show of force this week against the ICC was a metaphor for its disdain for international law and institutions.
Trump unsurprisingly got some things wrong when he invoked the right to bear arms in his speech threatening to send the military to quell protests around the country.
Americans seem rightly offended by their military being used to police their own neighborhoods, but they have also largely stood by as it has waged counterinsurgency in neighborhoods around the world.
Perhaps the most damaging effect of police militarization is that it pushes police officers engaging with the public to behave as they look, to act like soldiers dealing with enemy combatants.
US policymakers routinely see the African continent as a battlefield in the so-called “war on terror” rather than the opportunity for economic partnership that it is.
The US needs to state its objectives clearly so that we’re not bogged down in counterterrorism operations indefinitely.
Some have argued that the US should commit to an increasing dependence on petroleum, as well as ushering in a new cycle of overseas interventions propping up an existing, overburdened, and outdated system of U.S. military hegemony.
Decades of militaristic foreign policy has left the U.S. ill-prepared to combat actual threats to Americans and the world.
While the COVID-19 pandemic is strangling Afghanistan, the country’s leaders are still in the beginning stages of negotiations to end decades of conflict.