Writings and analysis on defense, foreign affairs and human insight and performance. Some of the articles are timely while others are enduringly noteworthy
From the Atlantic: The Tragedy of the American Military
Outsiders treat it both too reverently and too cavalierly, as if regarding its members as heroes makes up…
From the New York Times: Hillary Clinton, ‘Smart Power’ and a Dictator’s Fall.
This is the story of how a woman whose Senate vote for the Iraq war may have doomed her first…
From the Atlantic: The U.S. president talks through his hardest decisions about America’s role in the world.
The message Obama telegraphed in speeches and interviews was clear: He would not end…
From the New York Times: In Unit Stalked by Suicide, Veterans Try to Save One Another.