War

Republican Party

4 Ways Republicans Are Full of Shit

Jason Keisling and J.D. Tuccille | 10.16.2014 2:30 PM

War

4 Ways Democrats Are Full of Shit

Jason Keisling and J.D. Tuccille | 10.16.2014 2:30 PM

War

Stop Letting Politicians Scare You Into War in the Middle East

The best way to avoid terrorism is to stop dropping bombs on Muslims.

Sheldon Richman | 10.16.2014 10:30 AM

Politics

Russian Leader Says Obama Suffers from 'Mental Aberration'

Zenon Evans | 10.15.2014 5:30 PM

World

ISIS to Take a Whupping From…Operation Inherent Resolve?

Get some marketing folks on that.

Reason Staff | 10.15.2014 3:11 PM

Politics

Pentagon Picks a Name for Its Latest War—the Same One It Already Rejected

Peter Suderman | 10.15.2014 2:01 PM

Policy

Get Used to the War Against ISIS, Says Obama. It's a 'Long-Term Campaign'

J.D. Tuccille | 10.15.2014 10:25 AM

Policy

Pressure Builds to Commit U.S. Troops Against ISIS; Why It's Still a Bad Idea

We may defeat ISIS at an unknown price in lives only to find that keeping the situation from deteriorating again requires putting the region under indefinite occupation.

J.D. Tuccille | 10.14.2014 4:31 PM

Politics

Watch: ISIS Releases Training Camp Propaganda Video

Zenon Evans | 10.14.2014 11:40 AM

Politics

Blackwater Founder Wants Mercenaries to Fight ISIS War

Zenon Evans | 10.13.2014 11:40 AM

Policy

Should We Expect Ground Troops Soon in the Fight Against ISIS?

J.D. Tuccille | 10.13.2014 10:11 AM

Politics

U.S. Military Probed: Bought Afghans $468M in Planes, Sold as $32K Scrap

Zenon Evans | 10.10.2014 1:36 PM

Iraq

Disappearing Coalition Partners in Iraq

Jason Keisling and J.D. Tuccille | 10.8.2014 9:30 AM

Politics

Cato Hill Briefing: ISIS Campaign Illegal and an All-Around Awful Idea

Lucian McMahon | 10.7.2014 4:58 PM

Politics

From Moscow With Liberty: Meet the Head of Russia's Libertarian Party

Andrey Shalnev just won an election, and he's sowing the seeds of freedom in an unfree nation.

Zenon Evans | 10.7.2014 4:31 PM

Politics

ISIS Gains Big Ground, U.S. Strategy Shifts, Former Obama CIA Chief Predicts 30-Year War

Zenon Evans | 10.6.2014 12:35 PM

ISIS

Australia to Pile On the Airstrikes in Iraq

The more, the merrier, right?

Reason Staff | 10.3.2014 4:15 PM

Lindsey Graham

Let's All Stop for a Moment to Consider a President Lindsey Graham

Scott Shackford | 10.3.2014 11:15 AM

Politics

Friday Funnies: Anti-War, When Convenient

Henry Payne | 10.3.2014 7:00 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Stossel on the 'Mean' World, Montel Williams on the Marine in Mexico, Plus S.S. Follies, ISIS Folly, the Hong Kong Challenge, the Worst 2016 Presidents, and Two Minutes Hate!

Matt Welch | 10.1.2014 6:49 PM

Syria

White House Shrugs Off Dead Civilians in Syrian Strikes

Scott Shackford | 9.30.2014 8:30 PM

Policy

War Letters Collector on the Individual Cost of Battle

Amanda Winkler | 9.29.2014 2:00 PM

Politics

ISIS Fighter: U.S. Airstrikes in Syria Aren't Stopping Us

Zenon Evans | 9.29.2014 1:05 PM

Policy

The Latest War Will Not Be Free

You want a war? Pay for it.

Steve Chapman | 9.29.2014 7:00 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: 'Boots on the Ground'

Matt Welch | 9.26.2014 5:59 PM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Obama at the UN, Dennis Kucinich on the 'Anti-War Left,' Pentagon Propaganda, Inappropriate Fergusoning, Beloved Internet Libertarian Julie Borowski, and More!

Matt Welch | 9.24.2014 8:35 PM

Politics

Iraq Vet Blasts Obama's Blurry 'Boots on Ground' Rhetoric

"You know those boots on the ground everybody's still discussing whether we should deploy? Well, they're already there."

Zenon Evans | 9.24.2014 2:45 PM

Policy

6 Ways Obama Contradicts Himself in Waging War on ISIS

The president's confused and confusing explanation of his new military campaign

Jacob Sullum | 9.24.2014 7:00 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Our New War, With John Bolton, Thaddeus McCotter, and Michael Weiss; Plus Cuddle Parties, White House Jumpers, Confessions of an Asset-Forfeiture Judge, the Steve Hayes Terrorist Threat, and Aftershow

Matt Welch | 9.23.2014 8:04 PM

ISIS

Obama on ISIS Strikes in Syria: Has 'Bipartisan Support,' But No Sign of Actual Vote

Scott Shackford | 9.23.2014 11:40 AM

ISIS

We Have No Idea How Much It Will Cost to Do Whatever We're Doing to ISIS in Syria Right Now

Scott Shackford | 9.22.2014 10:25 PM

Syria

A Year After First Suggested, U.S. Bombing Syria. Authorization? LOL

Ed Krayewski | 9.22.2014 10:03 PM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Ron Bailey and Kmele Foster on Climate Politics, John Tierney on the White House Fence-Jumper, Jason Bellini on ISIS, Matt Welch on Lois Lerner, and Aftershow

Matt Welch | 9.22.2014 8:06 PM

Politics

As ISIS Threats to U.S. Get Louder, Where Are Arab Allies?

Zenon Evans | 9.22.2014 12:05 PM

Libertarian History/Philosophy

The Anti-Militarist Libertarian Heritage

As expressed by philosophers like Herbert Spencer

Sheldon Richman | 9.21.2014 8:30 AM

Politics

The Middle East Needs Free Markets, Not Troops

Joshua Swain | 9.20.2014 3:00 PM

World

Peace Deal (For Now) In Ukraine

Divvy up the turf

Reason Staff | 9.19.2014 8:47 PM

Policy

Rand Paul Wants to 'Destroy' ISIS Yet 'Stay the Heck Out of Their Civil War'

Jacob Sullum | 9.19.2014 4:32 PM

Politics

How Many Billions Will Bombing ISIS Cost? What About Other Radicals?

Zenon Evans | 9.19.2014 1:45 PM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Obama Waffling, Benghazi Paneling, V.A. Stonewalling, Scottish Secession, Millennial Couch-Surfing, Biden Shylocking, Private Space-Taxis, and Anthony Fisher on ISIS Propaganda!

Matt Welch | 9.17.2014 8:35 PM

Policy

Obama's Dumb, Rash, and Unilateral War

Don't buy the president's lame excuses for attacking ISIS without congressional approval.

Jacob Sullum | 9.17.2014 7:00 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: 'Boots on the Ground' and Other Linguistic Evasions, the ISIS Non-Strategy, the War on Ebola, Smoking in New York, Obamacare Bummers, Benghazi Update, and Aftershow

Matt Welch | 9.16.2014 8:23 PM

War

Breaking News (OK, Not Really): McCain Wants Boots on the Ground in Syria

Lucian McMahon | 9.16.2014 2:45 PM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: The Skies Over Baghdad Have Been Re-Illuminated, Chris Moody on Rand Paul's Flip-Flops, Jacob Sullum on Asset Forfeiture, Former Linebacker Darrell Reid on the NFL, Plus NSA, Chinese Sidewalks, Hillary, & Aftersho

Matt Welch | 9.15.2014 8:13 PM

ISIS

White House Pushing Congress to Arm Syrian Rebels

What could possibly go wrong?

Reason Staff | 9.15.2014 1:55 PM

ISIS

Somebody Tell Kerry: White House Says We're at War with ISIS

What with the airstrikes and all

Reason Staff | 9.12.2014 5:15 PM