His presidency sometimes makes historic changes possible. But his ego always torpedoes them.

Samantha Power did not set out to justify war.

After another two nights of Democratic debates, the 2020 field has spent little time on some of the presidency's most consequential challenges.

An Afghanistan veteran reckons with growing up on G.I. Joe and growing tired of American war drums.

There's a widening gap between Washington's bipartisan militarism and veterans' bipartisan war-skepticism.

How did facial hair win American men’s hearts and minds? Thank the war on terror.

Trump's plan to free white service members accused of overseas atrocities both typifies and strengthens his Fox News feedback loop.

Trump absolved a former soldier who was convicted of murdering an Iraqi man. It's not the only time the president was swayed by Fox News.

The case against American military supremacy

The U.S. and the Taliban are approaching a peace deal. But a new survey suggests a key component of national security is getting worse.

'Bodyguard' is an emotional rollercoaster of trauma and terror.

What arguments for a more humane approach to war conceal

Trump is expanding the foreign policy failures of previous administrations. Why aren't his opponents in Congress more vocal about it?

The president's latest defense of his cozy relationship with Russia underscores his warped view of war.

How a U.S. citizen captured on the battlefield with ISIS may finally force America to confront the legacy of 9/11

How the NRA sells guns in America today

The rehabilitation of the worst Bush-era offenders underscores that Trump represents a continuity—not a break—with the past.