War and National Security

The Only Way Forward

Any peace will depend on a sober assessment of Hamas.

  • Helena Cobban

Israel and Hamas at War

A collection on the deep context required to make sense of the violence.

A Jewish Plea: Stand Up to Israel’s Act of Genocide

“Never again” means standing up for Palestinian people. “Never again” means this very moment.

  • Stefanie Fox

“The Crimes Are Plenty”

A conversation with Palestinian human rights attorney Noura Erakat on the need for a political solution.

  • Noura Erakat
  • Deborah Chasman

Beyond Moral Condemnation

Amid ongoing reporting and ethical outrage, we need context for the fight between Hamas and Israel—and how it shapes possibilities for peace.

  • Rajan Menon

One Bureau under God

Jeanne Theoharis speaks with Lerone A. Martin about the white Christian legacy of J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI.

  • Lerone A. Martin
  • Jeanne Theoharis

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The Precarious State of Israeli Democracy

Putting Israel’s recent protests in context.

The Pursuit of Empire

The United States routinely contradicts its founding ideals.

Russia Cannot Be Isolated Indefinitely

Menon responds to his critics.

  • Rajan Menon

How to End the War in Ukraine

On stopping the fighting and building the peace.

  • Rajan Menon
with responses from
  • Miriam Pemberton
  • Oxana Shevel
  • Kathryn Stoner
  • Andrew J. Bacevich
  • Charles A. Kupchan
  • Michael Brenes
  • Liana Fix
  • Jack Lewis Snyder
  • Taras Bilous
  • Neta C. Crawford

Russia Can’t Win This War

Russia must be isolated.

  • Oxana Shevel

We Need a New Military Doctrine

Military proliferation is unwise and unnecessary.

  • Neta C. Crawford

A Better-Armed Ukraine Is the Best Path to Peace

Our understanding of Russia’s motive is misguided.

  • Kathryn Stoner

A Diplomatic Roadmap

The West needs to start preparing for a stalemate.

  • Charles A. Kupchan

Making Stalemate a Goal

Could Ukraine be a buffer between Russia and NATO?

  • Jack Lewis Snyder

The American Tradition of Statecraft is a Cliché

Military primacy, not peace, is Biden’s main goal.

  • Andrew J. Bacevich

Progressives and a New Global Order

The daunting task of Ukrainian reconstruction demands new frameworks for humanitarian assistance and development.

  • Michael Brenes

Hope is an Expensive Commodity

Russia will not negotiate in earnest.

  • Liana Fix

The Prospects for Lasting Peace

Peace will not be achieved until Putin’s regime falls.

  • Taras Bilous

Mass Destruction

How democratic participation in foreign policy became unthinkable.

  • Daniel Bessner

The Iraq War’s Catastrophic Consequences

Twenty years later, the U.S.-led invasion continues to shape geopolitics for the worse.

Iraq, Twenty Years Later

How the militarization of politics continues to destabilize Iraq decades after the U.S.-led invasion.

  • Simona Foltyn

Is Humanitarian Intervention Possible?

Using military force to solve humanitarian crises gained popularity after the Cold War, but decades of foreign policy blunders have called it into question.

The Alarming Stakes of German Rearmament

Germany has responded to war in Ukraine with huge increases in defense spending, marking a new wave of militarization.

  • Stephen Milder
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