Allegations are mounting that senior intelligence officials at Central Command not only skewed findings on the ISIS...
Military-Political Articles
Black Army officers struggle to climb ranks
The Army's 2016 class of commanders for 31 of its top combat units has one black officer, a trend that the service is...
China’s trapped transition
In 2006, Chinese American scholar Minxin Pei published a book called “China’s Trapped Transition.” In it, he invoked...
What Will Vice President Biden Find in China?
In her latest post, my colleague, Liz Economy, asks:  What will Vice President Biden find in China? I thought I’d try out my own response to...
Bahrain Protest
MANAMA, BAHRAIN — 147 Bahraini detainees are set to be released within a matter of hours, the head of the kingdom's independent commission of...
DoD panel calls for radical retirement overhaul
A sweeping new plan to overhaul the Pentagon’s retirement system would give some benefits to all troops and phase out the 20-year cliff vesting...
2014 deadline for Futenma move killed
Washington — Japan and the United States agreed Tuesday that the deadline to move the Futenma military base within Okinawa Prefecture by 2014 is...
The Targeted Killings Debate
The Obama administration has escalated the campaign of targeted killings against suspected terrorists worldwide, increasing the use of...
Gates Questions NATO's Future
Gates Questions NATO's Future by JULIAN E. BARNES U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates issued a blunt critique of the North Atlantic Treaty...
10 Q's on the Future of US Defense Spending Priorities
Defending Defense: Ten Questions on the Future of US Defense Spending Priorities for Secretary of Defense Nominee Leon Panetta Background The Obama...
The Middle on the Edge: Bahrain
So the new year ushered in a new energy into the Middle East...and the young energetic masses from Tunis to Manama are lashing out in all...
Lincoln's Thoughts On Slavery
In 1854, Sen. Stephen Douglas forced the Kansas-Nebraska Act through Congress. The bill, which repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820, also opened...