List of United States articles
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Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan speaks at a rally for Senator Durenberger Feb. 8, 1982. (Michael Evans/The White House/Getty Images) Edgar on Strategy (Part VIII): Reagan, Reykjavik, and strategic imagination
Imagination and fiction are essential elements of strategy.
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President Donald Trump after a meeting at the Pentagon on July 20. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) Here Comes the Trump Pentagon — Finally
After months of infighting and Senate holds, top Defense Department posts are slated to move forward.
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Iraqi security forces launch a rocket toward Kurdish Peshmerga positions near Fishkhabour. (Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images) Why the Fight for Fishkhabour Is So Important for Iraqi Kurds
A month after its independence referendum, Iraqi Kurdistan is seeing its economic future threatened.
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U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Tate Whitener, a 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron KC-135 Stratotanker pilot, prepares for takeoff at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Jan. 3. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew B. Fredericks) A letter from 4th deployment purgatory
An officer wards off boredom with bad food, booze, and Russia Today during a layover in Al Udeid.
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Journalists at the Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas on Oct. 13, 2015. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images) It’s Time for the State Department to Stop Throwing Money at Facebook
We need to demand accountability from social media companies — and from U.S. diplomats.
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A port bow view of the British nuclear-powered attack submarine HMS Valiant. (John Bouvia, Department of Defense) Reliefs, firings, misdeeds, crashes, affairs, drug use and other military mischief
A big Halloween roundup
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NASA astronaut Mike Fossum, Expedition 28 flight engineer during a planned six-and-a-half-hour spacewalk Jul. 12, 2011. (NASA via Getty Images) Mars-a-Lago: Can the Trump Administration Get Us Beyond the Moon?
Experts doubt a coherent space policy from the Trump administration.
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A screenshot from Project Azriel, a cognitive training game. (Courtesy of CurriculaWorks) Can the Navy’s Million-Dollar Zombie Game Turn You Into a Supersoldier?
I wanted to see if killing the undead would make me smarter.
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Senator Bob Corker speaks to the press on Sep. 9, 2015. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) Corker and Cotton’s False Promises Would Push Iran Toward Nuclearization
The Republican senators want to keep the JCPOA while adding new restrictions. It won’t work.
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Nigerien soldiers receive a counter-IED class as part of Exercise Flintlock 2017 in Diffa, Niger, Feb. 28, 2017. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Kulani Lakanaria) 10 questions from a veteran Special Operator about that night in Niger
How did this happen?
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U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands during the G-20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, on July 8. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images) Asia Awaits Trump’s Visit With Trepidation
U.S. allies are worried about American drift and Chinese expansion.
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Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, arrives for the start of a hearing after speaking with reporters about U.S. President Donald Trump on Oct. 24, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images) A Form of Resistance Every NeverTrumper Can Love
Anyone who’s wary of Trump should be able to agree on blocking his nominees for U.S. attorney.
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A military band conductor rehearses ahead a ceremony to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Aug. 1. (Andy Wong/AFP/Getty Images) Washington Has a Bad Case of China ADHD
China is the biggest threat to the U.S.-led global order. But America keeps getting distracted.
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U.S. President Donald Trump talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G20 meeting in Hamburg, Germany, on July 7. (Philippe Wojazer/AFP/Getty Images) China Is Looking Forward to Trump’s Truancy at the East Asia Summit
Showing up matters.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and Saudi Arabia's King Salman in Beijing on March 16. (Lintao Zhang/Pool/Getty Images) China Is Eyeballing a Major Strategic Investment in Saudi Arabia’s Oil
Washington may have invented the petrodollar system, but Beijing is looking toward the future.
