Trump’s border policy is beginning to bear fruit

Why the Army needs the cavalry

Mount doom

Yes, the horses were a throwback to a bygone era, but isn’t the Army proud of its history?

Alexander M. Bielakowski

Time and again throughout Gretchen Heefner’s clear-eyed narrative, local knowledge is ignored and boorish attitudes abound

Simon Ings

The beach was alive with the shambles and the order of war. There were dead men and wounded men and men brewing tea

Iain Macleod

Brutality is Putin’s modus operandi

Julius Strauss

Politics

The abrupt collapse of the Afghan government and of the Afghan security forces hit me hard

Andrew Bacevich

International
June 24, 2021
Triumph of the Taliban: the unfolding disaster in Afghanistan
The Afghan security forces have been deeply demoralized for a long time
Paul Wood
Politics
July 30, 2020
Trump’s troop move is a 21st-century strategy
The US should accept victory in Germany just as it should accept defeat in Afghanistan
Dominic Green
Europe
July 30, 2020
Trump’s error in withdrawing troops from Germany
After 1990, the German public became rather critical of the American military presence
Constantin Eckner
Politics
June 15, 2020
How much does Trump’s rift with military brass matter?
He knows that the military rank and file largely support him
Jacob Heilbrunn