Americans have been able to know what troops at war are facing, and make informed decisions about the war’s cost, because a free press has been able to tell the story − good or bad. Can it still?
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The emotional outbursts of MAGA men can seem spontaneous and even silly – but we should take them seriously, especially when they apply to war.
Why does Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth brag and gloat in his statements about the Iran war? In the MAGA media world, war is a game, a test of masculine fortitude.
At the heart of this dispute is how Anthropic’s large language model Claude is being used in a military context.
The document is less a summary of the country’s main diplomatic orientations than a political program with a global focus.
US Sen. Mark Kelly correctly articulated military law when he said service members have a duty to not obey unlawful orders, according to a military law scholar.
A person’s gender does not matter on the battlefield, and history agrees.
Allegations are swirling around a US military strike on an alleged drug boat that resulted in 2 civilian deaths. A military law scholar outlines how facts and accountability can be determined.
The Trump administration’s military strategy in Latin America breaches long-established legal rules and norms in three key ways.
On Veterans Day, a look at how the Trump administration views diversity as a symptom of ‘woke’ culture rather than as a long-standing practice driven by the nature of the all-volunteer force.
President Trump OK’d a naval buildup in the Caribbean, strikes on boats in international waters and covert operations in Venezuela. A military analyst can’t see a coherent strategy or objective.
Free press advocates warn that limiting how journalists cover the Defense Department hampers the stability and freedom that democracies enjoy.
Blood-and-soil style violent nationalism infuses everything the Trump administration is doing.
Washington’s ‘warrior ethos’ was grounded in decency, temperance and the capacity to act with courage without surrendering to rage. That ideal built an army – and in time, a republic.
As hundreds of military brass descend on a base in Virginia to be addressed by Pete Hegseth, his newly bestowed title is ‘Secretary of War.’ That means something.
The US president blamed his defense secretary for pausing weapons to Ukraine – but why did he not take responsibility?
The Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches, or the CREC, has a highly patriarchal and conservative interpretation of Scripture.
A “blueprint” for defence cooperation or an “affront” to Australian sovereignty? Expert opinion is mixed on the benefits and risks of AUKUS.
Generations already suffering a shattered sense of safety from US gun violence do not see the military as a viable option, a terrorism scholar argues.
American troops may be used inside the country, but it is an extraordinary exercise of authority to deploy them domestically, says an expert on the domestic role of the military.
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