As President Trump sends National Guard troops to Los Angeles, a military historian explains why crowd control is one of the Guard’s most challenging and dangerous missions.
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Poorer states, like Rwanda and Burundi, have economic incentives for maintaining peacekeeping armies.
The author of a new book about the 1970 shootings at Kent State University explains why using armed troops to respond to protests is a risky strategy.
Citizens from New Zealand, the US, the UK and Canada will all be allowed to serve in the Australian Defence Force. Some of the early concerns are unfounded.
The US Armed Forces run 14 programs in over 150 countries, providing education and training for roughly 70,000 foreign military personnel each year. What, if anything, are they learning?
