The more we rely on personal entertainment devices to keep us company, the lonelier we become.

It’s delusional to think that Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, whether proximate or direct, can end the conflict anytime soon.

A former Congressman makes the case for giving the Active Reserves their due.

A technology-enabled temptation to shorten the tether on Coast Guard operations threatens the future of a uniquely resourceful organization.

Redefining the strategic niche of the Marine Corps may be the key to a future as glorious as its past.

American’s many post-Cold War land wars have obscured important strategic truths, among them the real value of the U.S. Navy.

When President Obama fired General Stanley McChrystal and sent General David Petraeus to Kabul in his stead, he wrote the latest chapter in a long narrative of civil-military tensions in America.

The anxious emails from students are hitting my in-boxes once again: What time are office hours? Are places in the seminar still available? Where can they get advance copies of the syllabus?I don’t have answers to these questions yet; by this time next week I will.Another school year is ready to begin, and for the […]

During much of its modern history Poland was a ball of contention between three imperial centers: Moscow, Vienna and Berlin.  Vienna has long lost any imperial aspirations, Moscow would like to assert them again, and Berlin tries hard to hide them if it has any.  It turns out, though, that Poland is experiencing an internal contention […]

Watching the colossal and implosive decline of the once mighty green movement to stop global warming has been an educational experience.  It’s rare to see so many smart, idealistic and dedicated people look so clueless and fail so completely.  From the anti-climax of the Cluster of Copenhagen, when world leaders assembled for the single most […]