Blog Posts

The Flawed Consensus on Afghanistan

Malou Innocent | Dec 22, 2011

How hawks are preparing Americans for the potential of a prolonged guerilla war in Afghanistan.

Benjamin H. Friedman | Dec 16, 2011

Congress has passed the bill. The question is not whether there is damage to civil liberties here but how bad it is.

Paul R. Pillar | Oct 18, 2011

The prime movers of the Iraq war are at it again. War with Iran is only a drumbeat away.

Paul R. Pillar | Oct 01, 2011

No judge. No jury. No public evidence. The implications of the executions of Anwar al-Awlaki and Samir Khan.

Paul R. Pillar | Aug 29, 2011

Counterterrorists are after al-Qaeda scalps—and doing more harm than good.

Benjamin H. Friedman | Aug 17, 2011

In a war with no draft, no tax and no pilots, Americans are too busy asking "why not?" to ask "why fight?"

Jacob Heilbrunn | Aug 11, 2011

Osama's going Hollywood. Rep. King's going bonkers.

Malou Innocent | Jul 29, 2011

Are drones simply providing policy makers a more antiseptic avenue for satiating their endless appetite for intervention?

Paul R. Pillar | Jul 28, 2011

The administration wants you to think its least favorite regime is cozy with al-Qaeda. And this time it's not in Baghdad.

Paul R. Pillar | Jul 14, 2011

How military successes, neocon hawks and downright arrogance keep Americans tilting at windmills.