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Reuters It Isn't the Military's Place to Weigh In on the Syria Debate
Far too many servicemembers have made their opinions public -- a violation of both ethics and the fundamental principle that in the U.S., civilians make policy.
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Reuters Why Obama's Plan to Strike Syria Makes No Strategic Sense
Even a humanitarian operation demands a logical premise and a well-designed goal. The administration's proposal has neither.
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Why Should Congress and the Courts Care About Snooping If Citizens Don't?
There really are checks and balances in our national-security system, but apathy prevents them from exercising rigorous oversight.
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The Military Isn't Going to Change Anytime Soon
Jobs, reputations, and institutional memory are just some of the reasons why the armed forces are hard to restructure, regardless of what Hagel might promise.
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No Longer the 'Party of Eisenhower and Reagan'
Republican opposition to defense secretary nominee Chuck Hagel reveals just how far the party's thinking has drifted on foreign policy.
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The Future of Conservative Foreign Policy
Republicans have lost their historic edge over Democrats. Why George W. Bush might be the key to getting it back.
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What Would Romney's Foreign Policy Look Like?
The former Massachusetts governor's vague and contradictory statements have created a muddled impression.
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Stop Feeling Sorry for American Veterans
Some of the men and women returning from the service genuinely need help. But most do not -- and they're tired of being pitied.
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Don't Try to Have It All: Just Live With Your Choices
Those of us with the luxury of setting our own priorities shouldn't complain too much when our choices come with inevitable consequences.
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Men Can't Have It All, Either
But superstar women are judged more harshly than their male peers when they choose to put family ahead of career.
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Why Obama Is Right to Withdraw From Afghanistan Early
Hastening America's exit will be painful, and undercuts years of U.S. efforts, but it's our least bad choice in this doomed war.
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Why We Should Be Glad the Haditha Massacre Marine Got No Jail Time
The staff sergeant's light sentence for his role in a terrible 2005 incident may be disappointing, especially to the victims' families, but the integrity of our justice system won out.
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Some Reasons Not to Worry About Republican Foreign-Policy Craziness
The 2012 candidates making the worst gaffes are also unlikely to be their party's nominee, let alone president
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For Europe, Some Fear a Conflict Between Union and Democracy
The struggles, setbacks, and perhaps even impossibility of true democratic participation in the European Union
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This Could Be the Fatal Flaw in Europe's Rescue Plan
Private investors are being forced to eat losses. In return, they'll demand higher interest rates from Italy and Spain. That makes it more expensive to insure Italian and Spanish debt.
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The Changing Definition of 'Conservative'
Since John McCain's defeat in the 2008 presidential race, the right has rejected the people and ideas it once praised
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Romney's Realist Foreign Policy Is a Lot Like Obama's
The Republican presidential hopeful is largely wrong on China but mostly right on dealing with every other part of the world
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The Thorniest Question: When Can a President Order an American Killed?
A bigger worry than rogue presidents killing Americans willy-nilly is that Americans don't question their leaders on national security
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Despite Transatlantic Political and Economic Turmoil, NATO Endures
The U.S.-European military alliance remains popular on both sides of the ocean
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Libya After Qaddafi: Lessons From Iraq 2003
The world was jubilant at the fall of Saddam Hussein -- are we as wrong today as we were then?
