What you need to know about the recent policy change and the reactions. Where to start: the excellent NYT and Washington Post articles on the removal of the exclusion. Here's a great breakdown on storify of the "some things to know" about the exclusion and the...
Today it was announced that the combat ban for women will be fully removed within the US military. This reverses a long-standing policy that restricts women from serving below the brigade level in...
The film "Zero Dark Thirty" has touched quite a cord in this country, such as with Peter Henne's post below that responds to my own post further below. To his credit, he opens up another strand of...
This is a guest post by Peter S. Henne. Peter is a doctoral candidate at Georgetown University. He formerly worked as a national security consultant. His research focuses on terrorism and religious...
We're a bit over a week away from selecting the finalists for the awards. As of today we are no longer likely to honor new ballot requests. Those of you have already received a ballot should cast it. I have an interview up with Ramez Naam about his well-received technothriller, Nexus. If that's your kind of thing, the Kindle edition is on steep discount. Dan Drezner's morning evisceration of Tom Friedman is a wonder to behold. Cheryl Rofer explains the grounds for skepticism concerning reports of chemical weapons use in Syria. Tim Burke provides long-term perspective on the conflict in Mali....