Military

Around the world, security forces use forced displacement as a means of sorting populations. To fix the global displacement crisis, it’s critical to understand how and why they do it.

As military expenditure soars in Pakistan despite an unprecedented economic catastrophe, Khan’s power looks to be waning.

Reforms to the Marine Corps may be necessary to face China, but Congress needs to ask hard questions.

Interviews with political appointees at the Pentagon raise fears of another purge.

The Trump administration’s crusade against the International Criminal Court is misguided and will harm long-term U.S. interests.

The White House wants fired National Security Council aide Rich Higgins hired for a senior Defense position.

Putin is replicating his success in Syria in a new theater of conflict—and part of his plan is to hurt American interests once again.

The handover of municipal services to military officers makes clear how the president wants to wield power.

Message to both sides: Keep the military (and retired generals) out of politics, including the election campaign.

The Defense Department hasn’t done enough to secure satellites and prepare for greater militarization of space, experts say, as it rolls out a new strategy for the domain.

Trump’s calls to withdraw U.S. troops from the country are impulsive, but Germany isn’t blameless.

In Indonesia and the Philippines, military leaders are managing the coronavirus response—with lasting political repercussions.

Trump resuming campaign rallies has veterans nervous that U.S. troops could find themselves in the political crossfire.

Democrats used to have a clearer agenda for cracking down on an out-of-control military. It’s time to bring that back.

Increased militarization on the continent under Trump is part of a long history of institutionalized racism in U.S. foreign policy.

Trump’s reaction to Black Lives Matter protests caused a civil-military crisis at home. Will it harm U.S. soft power abroad?