Does publicly announcing an impending military offensive expose assaulting troops to dangers that could be avoided if plans to invade were kept quiet?

By Carrie A. Lee

How various factions respond to the Trump administration’s threat to be the de facto ruler of the country could quickly inflame domestic tensions and lead to conflict.

This virtual briefing on the newly released US National Security Strategy will explore the document’s key priorities; their meaning for US engagement in the world; international reaction; and implicat...

H-Diplo | Robert Jervis International Security Studies Forum Roundtable Review 17-19 Mara E. Karlin, The Inheritance: America’s Military After Two Decades of War. Brookings Institution Press, 2022.

ALT: a man is sitting at a desk with the words you 've lost another submarine

The American political system today is indeed in crisis. Government function is in doubt, the administration has politicized and weaponized a previously

The American political system today is indeed in crisis. Government function is in doubt, the administration has politicized and weaponized a previously

The American political system today is indeed in crisis. Government function is in doubt, the administration has politicized and weaponized a previously

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.

Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder

And why it matters there are two military oaths.