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• Toss Out the All-Volunteer Military

  Since the end of the military draft in 1973, every person joining the U.S. armed forces has done so because he or she asked to be there. Over the past decade, this all-volunte...

  By Thomas E. Ricks

  • Commentary
  • The Washington Post
  • April 19, 2012
• Soldiers’ Photostream Must Follow Chain of Command

  The most recent scandal to rock U.S. military forces in Afghanistan concerns photos published in the Los Angeles Times depicting U.S. soldiers goofing around with the body of ...

  By Andrew M. Exum

  • Commentary
  • Bloomberg
  • April 19, 2012
• 10 Big Questions for Obama, Romney on Asia

  Asian security may figure greatly in this year's U.S. presidential election because of urgent questions about North Korea and enduring concerns over how best to manage a risin...

  By Patrick M. Cronin

  • Commentary
  • CNN
  • April 18, 2012
• Plugging U.S. Missile Defense Gaps

  It would be a mistake to assume that we dodged a bullet with the fiery end to North Korea’s Unha-3 missile launch at the Dongchang-ri facility one minute into its fight. In fa...

  By Patrick M. Cronin

  • Commentary
  • The Diplomat
  • April 16, 2012
• Some Troops Will Stay Past 2014

  The United States military will still be in Afghanistan at the end of this year. It will still be in Afghanistan at the end of 2013. And it will still be in Afghanistan beyond...

  By Andrew M. Exum

  • Commentary
  • The New York Times
  • April 3, 2012
• Sequestration Is Irresponsible

  Sequestration is an irresponsible way to reduce defense spending. The sudden and inflexible process for implementing cuts under sequestration will unnecessarily damage America...

  By Travis Sharp

  • Commentary
  • U.S. News and World Report
  • April 3, 2012
• Man of War

  Since the death of Osama bin Laden, journalists have with varying success attempted to piece together the details of the raid on his compound in Abbottabad. But the tale of th...

  By Andrew M. Exum

  • Commentary
  • The Wall Street Journal
  • March 30, 2012
• Why the Arab Uprisings Will Force the U.S. to Rethink Israel-Palestine

  The Arab uprisings will require a fundamental reorientation of America's approach to the region. A good place to begin is to accept that Arabs are not stupid. They have long e...

  By Marc Lynch

  • Commentary
  • The Atlantic
  • March 29, 2012
• Should Foreign Policy be Politicized?

  It's that time of the election again. As the primaries wind down and the general election looms, foreign policy becomes ever more politicized, and particular events - such as ...

  By Richard Fontaine

  • Commentary
  • CNN World
  • March 28, 2012
• Much Ado About Foreign Policy

  The price of gasoline is a hot-button issue on the campaign trail as Americans across the country face more pain at the pump. Whether or not gasoline prices influence presiden...

  By Will Rogers

  • Commentary
  • National Journal
  • March 19, 2012
• Falling In and Out of War

  When you’ve been wrong about something as important as war, as I have, you owe yourself some hard thinking about how to avoid repeating the mistake. And if that’s true for a m...

  By John A. Nagl

  • Commentary
  • The New York Times
  • March 19, 2012
• To Rethink the State Department, Look to Business

  Demands on the State Department may be growing but, if last week’s congressional hearings are any indication, the State Department’s coffers will not be. Even longtime champio...

  By Kristin M. Lord & Richard Fontaine

  • Commentary
  • World Politics Review
  • March 16, 2012
• LYONS: Forcing Our Military’s Submission

  The recent contrived uproar over the inadvertent burning of the Koran led by corrupt Afghan President Hamid Karzai and his controlling mullahs should be seen for what it is: a...

  By Major Fernando Lujan & USA

  • Commentary
  • The Washington Times
  • March 8, 2012
• How to Get Afghans to Trust Us Once Again

  “Ooooh, Major Far-nan-do, we’re gonna sell you to the Taliban for a million dollars . . . laa-di-laaa . . . we’re gonna trade you for a new truck . . . for a new house!” It wa...

  • Commentary
  • The Washington Post
  • March 2, 2012
• Before Attacking Iran, Israel Should Learn from Its 1981 Strike on Iraq

  On June 7, 1981, eight Israeli F-16 fighter jets, protected by six F-15 escorts, dropped 16 2,000-pound bombs on the nearly completed Osirak nuclear reactor at the Tuwaitha co...

  By Colin H. Kahl

  • Commentary
  • The Washington Post
  • March 2, 2012
• The Economist Debate: Syria

  The escalating bloodbath in Syria has long since reached the point at which the international community must act to protect Syrian civilians and to push for a political transi...

  By Marc Lynch

  • Commentary
  • The Economist
  • February 27, 2012
• Military Options Likely Wouldn't Quell the Crisis in Syria

  How should the United States, and the international community, respond to the escalating bloodbath in Syria? Over the last two months, the overwhelming weight of editorial and...

  By Marc Lynch

  • Commentary
  • The News Tribune
  • February 26, 2012
• The Iran Containment Fallacy

  It has become increasingly fashionable in Jerusalem and Washington to advocate a military strike on Iran. Central to the case for war is the argument that a nuclear-armed Iran...

  By Colin H. Kahl

  • Commentary
  • The Hill
  • February 22, 2012
• SOF Power

  Special operations forces are one of the big winners in the Obama administration's new Pentagon budget request released this week. The budget cuts hundreds of billions of doll...

  By Travis Sharp, David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)

  • Commentary
  • Foreign Policy
  • February 15, 2012
• Twitter, Democracy, and Internet Freedom

  Twitter has taken fire in recent days from activists and bloggers who fear that the company’s new censorship policies will muffle online freedom. News reports recall the ways ...

  By Richard Fontaine

  • Commentary
  • TechCrunch
  • January 30, 2012