Thomas E. Ricks


Thomas E. Ricks is a former contributing editor to Foreign Policy.

Articles by Thomas E. Ricks
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Brigadier-General Guy Chapdelaine (left)  and Iman of  the Islamic Quebec Cultural Center (IQCC) socialize during Operation Solidarity at the IQCC on February 24, 2017.

Photo: Corporal Eric Girard, Canadian Forces Combat Camera
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Brigadier-General Guy Chapdelaine (gauche)  et Iman socialise au Centre culturel islamique de Québec (CCIQ) durant Opération Solidarité au CCIQ le24 février 2017.

Photo: Caporal Eric Girard, Caméra de combat des Forces canadiennes
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Brigadier-General Guy Chapdelaine (left) and Iman of the Islamic Quebec Cultural Center (IQCC) socialize during Operation Solidarity at the IQCC on February 24, 2017. Photo: Corporal Eric Girard, Canadian Forces Combat Camera IS07-2017-0002-013 ~ Brigadier-General Guy Chapdelaine (gauche) et Iman socialise au Centre culturel islamique de Québec (CCIQ) durant Opération Solidarité au CCIQ le24 février 2017. Photo: Caporal Eric Girard, Caméra de combat des Forces canadiennes IS07-2017-0002-013
170321-N-XT039-396 PHILIPPINE SEA (March 21, 2017) Lance Cpl. Alex Marquissee, a military working dog (MWD) handler, from Appleton, Wis., and Gage, his MWD, both attached to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), fast rope from an MV-22B Osprey, assigned to the “Flying Tigers” of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 262, onto the port aircraft elevator of amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). Bonhomme Richard, flagship of the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group, with embarked 31st MEU is on a routine patrol, operating in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region to enhance warfighting readiness and posture forward as a ready-response force for any type of contingency. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Jesse Marquez Magallanes/Released)
170321-N-XT039-396 PHILIPPINE SEA (March 21, 2017) Lance Cpl. Alex Marquissee, a military working dog (MWD) handler, from Appleton, Wis., and Gage, his MWD, both attached to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), fast rope from an MV-22B Osprey, assigned to the “Flying Tigers” of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 262, onto the port aircraft elevator of amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). Bonhomme Richard, flagship of the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group, with embarked 31st MEU is on a routine patrol, operating in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region to enhance warfighting readiness and posture forward as a ready-response force for any type of contingency. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Jesse Marquez Magallanes/Released)
A man carries two children away from the scene of an explosion in the northern Syrian city of Raqqa, early on August 7, 2013. UN weapons inspectors tasked with looking into claims of chemical weapons use in Syria are "completing their preparations" in The Hague before heading to Damascus, the United Nations said. AFP PHOTO/ABDULLAH AL-SHAM        (Photo credit should read ABDULLAH AL-SHAM/AFP/Getty Images)
A man carries two children away from the scene of an explosion in the northern Syrian city of Raqqa, early on August 7, 2013. UN weapons inspectors tasked with looking into claims of chemical weapons use in Syria are "completing their preparations" in The Hague before heading to Damascus, the United Nations said. AFP PHOTO/ABDULLAH AL-SHAM (Photo credit should read ABDULLAH AL-SHAM/AFP/Getty Images)
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Paratrooper assumes a security position during a tactical exercise
Paratrooper assumes a security position during a tactical exercise
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