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Politics, War & Security

The Conceit of American Indispensability

As both politicians and historians mine the 1940s for alternate visions of international order, we must guard against the presumption that the United States remains the benevolent center of global politics.

Sam Klug

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War & Security

War & Security

Peace Regimes

Trump has promised a Korean "peace regime." But whose peace is being insured? And who is subject to its imposition? 

Jessie Kindig

Politics, War & Security

Bloody Gina

Gina Haspel’s confirmation hearing is later this week. Here’s why we should all be concerned.

Scott Casleton

War & Security

What Did Trump's Strike Against Syria Actually Accomplish?

To understand Russian and U.S. strategies, you have to read between the lines.

Thomas Graham, Rajan Menon

Podcast, War & Security

On the Presidential First Use of Nuclear Weapons

What differentiates the crimes of a terrorist, hacker, or non-state actor from those of a president who launches a nuclear weapon?

Elaine Scarry, Jonathan King, Bruce Ackerman, Kennette Benedict, Bruce Blair, Sissela Bok, Rosa Brooks, John Burroughs, Hugh Gusterson, Edward Markey, Jim McGovern, Zia Mian, William Perry

War & Security

Exceptional Victims

The resistance to the Vietnam War was the most diverse and dynamic antiwar movement in U.S. history. We have all but forgotten it today.

Christian G. Appy

War & Security

An Open Letter from Guam to America

On becoming the collateral damage of American warmongering.

Victoria-Lola M. Leon Guerrero

War & Security

How to Avoid War with North Korea

As Trump tweets us closer to war, a look back at North Korean nationalism may provide an out.

Odd Arne Westad

War & Security

Militarizing the Presidency

Since its origins, the United States has grappled with the role of the military in a democracy. Given Trump's latest moves, do the people still decide who will be killed in their name?

Andrew Lanham

War & Security

A Witch-Hunt in Turkey

After Turkey's failed 2016 coup, retribution has become a farcical national obsession.

Umar Farooq

War & Security

The Pentagon’s Blank Check

Our defense budget is like an annual gift card for military adventures. Increasing it now is a terrible idea.

Benjamin H. Friedman

Politics, War & Security

How to Spy on a President

On the legal and ethical scope of surveillance.

Elizabeth Goitein

Forum

Islam on Trial

For too long we have acquiesced to Islamophobic government policies. The cost of our silence is now clear.

Amna Akbar, Jeanne Theoharis

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