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 an interconnected world, wars spread through reactions, not declarations.  When people look at a conflict on a map, they

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

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