National Defense

Politics

Iraq at Five Years

Reason staffers look back in shock, awe, and sorrow at the way things have gone in the Middle East.

Reason Staff | 3.19.2008 12:17 PM

Policy

Air Force News Flash: "Cold War Has Given Way to Cyberwar."

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 2.26.2008 12:58 PM

Politics

Open-Source Warfare

How do you defend a country against small stateless bands of terrorists?

Jim Henley | 2.18.2008 3:00 PM

Policy

Israel Stiffens Defenses

Nick Gillespie | 2.7.2008 6:00 PM

Politics

Shoot Down Over Cuba

A bold new documentary calls Castro to task for senseless murders

Michael Moynihan | 1.29.2008 12:00 PM

Policy

The Care and Feeding of Soldiers: Any Larger Implications?

Brian Doherty | 1.3.2008 2:04 PM

Politics

The War on Terror, and the Terror in Response to War

Brian Doherty | 11.9.2007 9:23 AM

Politics

The Homosexual Roots of Antiwar Sentiment: Podhoretz Schools the Ignorant

Brian Doherty | 11.8.2007 12:47 PM

Politics

But What About the Troops, Ron Paul?

Brian Doherty | 10.31.2007 10:34 AM

Politics

The Gap in Mukasey's Testimony

When is the president authorized to break the law?

Jacob Sullum | 10.24.2007 6:57 AM

Politics

Giuliani: Toughest Candidate in All the 12 Galaxies

Brian Doherty | 10.16.2007 11:54 AM

Policy

The Drug War Draft Marches on Through the Night to Baghdad

Nick Gillespie | 10.16.2007 11:31 AM

Policy

So, Uh, Did Rummy Ever Get Back to You?

Radley Balko | 9.24.2007 12:22 PM

Politics

United Against Liberty

Radley Balko | 8.21.2007 2:49 PM

Policy

Here Come the Cyber Wars

Are We Ready?

Michael Weiss | 8.17.2007 1:18 PM

Policy

More Money Than Sense

Juliet Samuel | 8.6.2007 2:46 PM

Policy

Give Us Back Our Bullets

Brian Doherty | 7.21.2007 11:50 PM

Policy

The History of Gay Soldiering

Nick Gillespie | 6.21.2007 9:19 AM

Policy

Military Wet DREAM

Juliet Samuel | 6.18.2007 2:26 PM

Politics

Team Sigma Says We Should Start Preparing to Fight a Villageful of Fair-Haired Psychic Kids

Jesse Walker | 5.31.2007 11:03 AM

Policy

Drinking Age Lowered to 18

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 5.15.2007 1:41 PM

Politics

Imaginary Nanotech of the North Spooks U.S. Defense Officials

Brian Doherty | 5.8.2007 3:14 PM

Policy

We're All in the Army Now

Radley Balko | 4.5.2007 10:32 AM

Policy

Airborne All the Way

America's ongoing battle with reality

Jeff Taylor | 3.30.2007 6:34 AM

Policy

Don't Ask, Don't Tell, and Don't Ever Apologize. It's a Sign of Weakness[*]

Nick Gillespie | 3.13.2007 12:55 PM

Policy

If I Had a Hammer….

Brian Doherty | 1.16.2007 12:09 PM

Policy

Another Premature "Mission Accomplished" Moment in Somalia?

Brian Doherty | 1.3.2007 2:17 PM

Policy

Losing the Troops in Iraq

Brian Doherty | 1.2.2007 5:43 PM

Policy

You Call That a Secret?

The government bends the law to hide what it has no business hiding.

Jacob Sullum | 12.27.2006 4:19 AM

Policy

Subpoena First, Negotiate Later

Jacob Sullum | 12.20.2006 4:28 PM

Policy

War for Hire

Radley Balko | 12.19.2006 11:02 PM

Policy

The New Generation of War

Defense expert Chet Richards on Lebanon, Iraq, and the future of the American military

Jesse Walker | 7.20.2006 11:13 AM