Iraq and Afghanistan Have Officially Become Vietnam 2.0 Iraq and Afghanistan Have Officially Become Vietnam 2.0
Our policy of arming and training local militias in Vietnam was largely unsuccessful. So why are we repeating that mistake today?
Oct 13, 2015 / Andrew J. Bacevich
How Putin Adopted Obama’s Way of War How Putin Adopted Obama’s Way of War
The spread of the Obama Doctrine of counterinsurgency signals a new and dangerous phase of contemporary warfare.
Oct 13, 2015 / Juan Cole
Turkey’s Double Game and the US’s Double Standards Turkey’s Double Game and the US’s Double Standards
What the bombings in Ankara tell us about Turkey’s true motives in Syria.
Oct 12, 2015 / James Carden
The Biggest Winners of the Arab Spring? Dictators The Biggest Winners of the Arab Spring? Dictators
While authoritarian rule appears to provide stability over the short term, it breeds discontent and affirms the idea that violence is the only way to be heard.
Oct 9, 2015 / Mohamad Bazzi
The New Cold War Is Now Being Waged on Three Fronts: Ukraine, Europe and Syria The New Cold War Is Now Being Waged on Three Fronts: Ukraine, Europe and Syria
It need not be on any of them.
Oct 7, 2015 / Stephen F. Cohen
The US Massacre in Kunduz Exposes the Bankruptcy of Obama’s National-Security Policy The US Massacre in Kunduz Exposes the Bankruptcy of Obama’s National-Security Policy
Air power inflicts horrific human-rights violations and has been thoroughly discredited as a means of fighting insurgencies.
Oct 6, 2015 / Feature / Bob Dreyfuss
October 6, 1981: President Anwar Al-Sadat of Egypt Is Assassinated in Cairo October 6, 1981: President Anwar Al-Sadat of Egypt Is Assassinated in Cairo
“Policy must be built on a more solid foundation than personal intimacy with the current occupant of the Pharaoh’s throne.”
Oct 6, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
‘The Washington Post’ Finally Finds a War It Won’t Cheer ‘The Washington Post’ Finally Finds a War It Won’t Cheer
The Post is coming down hard against Russia’s operations in Syria.
Oct 5, 2015 / James Carden
The US and Russia Are Fighting a Cold War on Two Fronts The US and Russia Are Fighting a Cold War on Two Fronts
In both Washington and Moscow, opposition to a US-Russian coalition to fight ISIS remains entrenched.
Oct 2, 2015 / Stephen F. Cohen
How to End the Civil War in Syria How to End the Civil War in Syria
It won’t be easy, but there are concrete measures we can take right now to relieve the agony.
Oct 1, 2015 / The Editors