Trump Is Less Hawkish Than Hillary. Who Cares?
Clinton’s instincts might be overly aggressive. Trump’s are an incoherent catastrophe.
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David Bosco
Rosa Brooks
Thanassis Cambanis
Elizabeth Dickinson
Laurie Garrett
Kim Ghattas
Julia Ioffe
Leela Jacinto
Whitney Kassel
Jeffrey Lewis
Aaron David Miller
Suzanne Nossel
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This Is How America Will Accidentally Join the Syrian War
Neither of the presidential campaigns knows what their Syria policies actually mean.
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Human Soldiers Will Always Cause Human Tragedies
The war against ISIS shows there’s only one way to prevent civilian casualties: Avoid going to war in the first place.
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A No-Fly Zone Doesn’t Mean a No-War Zone
And the politicians and pundits calling for one in Syria ought to remember how toothless and ineffective the U.S. air patrols were — for 12 long years — in Iraq.
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The Obama administration steadily updates the tally of dead combatants in its latest war — but can the numbers be trusted?
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Hillary the Hawk: A History
From Haiti to Syria, the Democratic candidate’s long record suggests she’s looking forward to being a war president on day one.
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Do Not Believe the U.S. Government’s Official Numbers on Drone Strike Civilian Casualties
It’s way, way too low.
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Donald Trump Is a Magical (Foreign Policy) Realist
The Republican presidential nominee is a fan of military interventions — as long as they don’t cost anything.
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Mercenaries Are the Silent Majority of Obama’s Military
The president’s "light footprint" approach to war has relied on thousands of Americans paid to fight — and die — in the shadows.
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Unburying the Dead From the Pentagon’s Afghan Hospital Bombing
The Pentagon has quietly released a report on civilian casualties that it's hoping nobody will notice.
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