The danger is not that this is happening. It is that we are learning to accept it. There was a […]

Modern conflicts are fought to outlast, not to win quickly. In earlier eras, wars were expected to produce decisive outcomes.

Why modern conflicts begin long before any one declares them. In recent conflicts around the world, military action has often

When a narrow passage carries the weight of the global economy. Every day, hundreds of oil tankers and cargo vessels

When people imagine war, they often picture soldiers advancing across territory, aircraft striking targets, and missiles lighting the night sky.

Wars rarely begin by design. They begin by miscalculation. When wars erupt, they are often explained as the result of

In the twenty-first century, the power to interrupt movement may matter more than the power to seize territory. Modern wars

In an age of reluctant powers, wars spread across maps long before they spread across alliances. West Asia’s current crisis

Power today is measured less by who enters a war, and more by who refuses to. West Asia is tense,

Wars have always been fought on two fronts; the battlefield and the story told about it. In the 21st century, the