The fight for the burn pits veterans isn’t over yet
Congress passed a major bill but activists wonder whether the government will deliver
Kelley Beaucar Vlahos
Monday
Monday
Biden dumps weapons into Ukraine
It could expand the war yet Congress has had no say
Monday
The new unpatriotic conservatives
David Frum smears those who don’t toe a hawkish line on Russia, but that’s so 2003
Monday
Paying the price for Obama’s drone war
The US strike that killed 10 civilians in Kabul was hardly a unique event
Tuesday
The long march to disaster
The US military spends money but cannot win wars
Tuesday
Adios, AUMF
The votes and the stars appear aligned to sweep the authorized use of military force legislation
Saturday
The dark Prince
A short history of a very modern mercenary
Thursday
Will the Biden presidency mean more wars?
From our UK edition
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Joe Biden’s supporters say he will restore America’s standing in the world, but with his foreign policy team looking like an Obama-era reunion, will the country simply become more interventionist? Freddy Gray speaks to Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, senior adviser at the Quincy Institute, about whether a Biden presidency will mean more wars.
Thursday
The fall of Petraeus
From our UK edition
In the middle of a breaking news story, MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell sounded like she was about to cry. Something had happened to the CIA director David Petraeus — but what? Andrea ticked off his accomplishments one by one, the phrase ‘personal tragedy’ echoing ominously over the airwaves. For the love of Mike, was he in
