France Wages a Successful Counter Insurgency in ‘The Battle of Algiers’

I’ve never seen anything like…

Turkish Jets Shoot Down Russian Warplane Above the World’s Most Dangerous Frontier

On Nov. 24, Turkish F-16 fighter jets shot down a Russian Su-24 fighter-bomber near their border with Syria. Combined with a rebel attack on the rescue team, the incident highlights…

For the First Time, Chinese Troops Entered an American Base on the West Coast

“When I was in Iraq, we a lot of times had to treat female patients,” U.S. Army medic Sgt. Leslie Peterson told a group of her counterparts with the Chinese People’s Liberation Army. She was…

The Logic Behind America’s Drone Wars

Predator and Reaper drones hang in the sky above Pakistan, Yemen, Iraq and Syria. Mostly they observe, search for targets — and occasionally unleash Hellfire missiles. Targets may be large gatherings of suspicious figures, convoys or training camps. They can also…