Kathy Gilsinan

An Unhealthy Military Is Struggling to Fight COVID-19

Even as it’s called upon to aid the coronavirus response across the country, the military is struggling to contain the disease among its own personnel.

• Kathy Gilsinan
• April 3, 2020

The Problem With China’s Victory Lap

The Chinese Communist Party is trying to present itself as a global leader in pandemic response. If it declares success too early, it may lead the world back into disaster.

• Kathy Gilsinan
• March 28, 2020

A Marine General’s Next Battle: Grocery-Store Logistics

Larry Nicholson once led 20,000 troops in Afghanistan; now he’s making sure you don’t run out of food during the coronavirus crisis.

• Kathy Gilsinan
• March 25, 2020

The Coronavirus Comes to a ‘Handshake Town’

The capital’s main business relies on human contact. Now professional networkers are confronting its dangers.

• Kathy Gilsinan
• March 21, 2020

Friendships in the Age of Quarantine

How people pull together, even at a moment of social distancing

• Kathy Gilsinan
• March 15, 2020

Confessions of an Ex–Never Trumper

If you want one set of policies, you can’t be choosy about character.

• Kathy Gilsinan
• March 10, 2020

The U.S. Once Wanted Peace in Afghanistan

Now it’s setting its sights much lower.

• Kathy Gilsinan
• February 29, 2020

The Russian Trolls’ Next Favorite Candidate

Americans don’t need Russia’s polarizing influence operations. They are plenty good enough at dividing themselves.

• Kathy Gilsinan
• February 20, 2020

The Inconvenient Truth About ISIS

The group is bigger now than when it founded its self-styled caliphate, and America’s conflict with Iran is only making the fight against it more complicated.

• Mike Giglio and Kathy Gilsinan
• February 14, 2020

Iraq Is the One War Zone Trump Doesn’t Want to Leave

The president’s resistance to withdrawing from the country boils down to three of his main enemies: ISIS, Iran, and Obama.

• Kathy Gilsinan
• February 3, 2020

C-SPAN Is So Hot Right Now

This is not a sign of a government working well.

• Kathy Gilsinan
• January 27, 2020

The War Machine Is Run on Contracts

America's wars wouldn’t be possible without contractors, but presidents usually ignore the thousands who have died.

• Kathy Gilsinan
• January 17, 2020

America’s Self-Sabotage in the Middle East

The consequences of these decisions will extend far beyond the region itself.

• Kathy Gilsinan
• January 6, 2020

It Wasn’t the Law That Stopped Other Presidents From Killing Soleimani

The Iranian general helped get hundreds of Americans killed—through two administrations. Both declined to kill him.

• Kathy Gilsinan
• January 4, 2020

The Soleimani Assassination Is America’s Most Consequential Strike This Century

The U.S. attack against the top Iranian general will have far greater repercussions than the killings of al-Qaeda and ISIS leaders.

• Kathy Gilsinan and Mike Giglio
• January 3, 2020

It Was Never Just About Human Rights in Iran

The administration's commitment to a better future for Iranians may last only as long as that commitment can be used to secure the regime’s demise or a better nuclear deal—whichever comes first.

• Kathy Gilsinan
• December 10, 2019

An American Prisoner Comes Home From Iran

The Trump administration has made a priority of bringing prisoners home—and of pressuring Iran. With Xiyue Wang’s release, it can claim victory on two fronts.

• Kathy Gilsinan
• December 7, 2019

How Trump Turned the Military Against Itself

The president’s repeated interference in a Navy SEAL’s case shows that he cares about only one kind of military discipline—obedience to Trump.

• Kathy Gilsinan
• November 25, 2019

What ISIS Will Become

The group has lost its territory and its leader. But it has survived before—and can do it again.

• Kathy Gilsinan and Mike Giglio
• November 22, 2019