If Trump’s goal is to avoid foreign wars while maintaining a muscular posture abroad, a Navy-forward national security doctrine would serve him well
Robert NicholsonJanuary 24, 2025
Despite much chatter about the applications of AI to military hardware, three common myths about AI in national security still need correcting
Joseph O. ChapaJanuary 16, 2025
Pete Hegseth’s success as Defense Secretary will depend on his ability to impart the classically liberal values, rooted in Christian civilization, that made the West great
Miles SmithJanuary 15, 2025
The Israeli military recently made history by allowing autistic persons to serve. Will the US follow suit and pursue accommodations for disabled persons to contribute to the military?
Matthew CavedonJanuary 8, 2025
Though the idea of always having a human “in the loop” with autonomous weapons sounds reassuring, this framing actually obscures more than it clarifies.
Joseph O. ChapaNovember 25, 2024
On Memorial Day, let’s celebrate our military as an institution Americans can still trust
Eric PattersonMay 27, 2024
The use of cluster munitions is not inherently immoral.
Edward G. StaffordAugust 14, 2023
Feminist-minded advocates have sought for decades to include women in a would-be draft in the name of progress and equity. Senate Democrats pushed and compliant Republicans acquiesced to an amendment in the defense bill that would require women to register with the Selective Service.
Rebeccah HeinrichsJuly 30, 2021
In the wake of the Washington Post’s big document dump of secret government and military communications about the war in Afghanistan, a fresh wave of calls for pulling out of Afghanistan is sounding across the media.
Daniel StrandDecember 13, 2019