ISIS

World

Obama's Unnecessary, Unpromising War

We don't know how to conduct a successful war against the Islamic State.

Steve Chapman | 9.15.2014 7:00 AM

ISIS

Obama Met with Journalists Before ISIS War Speech

Dude, they're not the ones you need to get permission from.

Reason Staff | 9.13.2014 8:25 PM

ISIS

ISIS Claims to Have Executed British Aid Worker

Reason Staff | 9.13.2014 6:50 PM

Politics

Three Reasons to NOT Fight ISIS

Nick Gillespie and Meredith Bragg | 9.13.2014 2:26 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

War

Terrorist Sympathizer Rep. Peter King Wants Another Decade of War Against Terrorists

Lucian McMahon | 9.12.2014 3:51 PM

Barack Obama

Obama's War on ISIS Betrays the Constitution, Asserts New York Times Op-Ed

Ronald Bailey | 9.12.2014 3:41 PM

ISIS

CIA Triples Estimate of Size of ISIS

From 10,000 people to more than 30,000

Reason Staff | 9.12.2014 3:20 PM

Politics

Airstrikes Are Like 'Casual Sex,' Says Former NSA Head Michael Hayden

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 9.12.2014 1:45 PM

Policy

Finding the Right Rebels to Arm in Syria May Be Tricky

Jacob Sullum | 9.12.2014 1:06 PM

World

Obama Admin Threatened to Prosecute Foleys if They Paid Son's Ransom

Reason Staff | 9.12.2014 12:42 PM

World

Will the US Need Troops on the Ground Against ISIS After All?

J.D. Tuccille | 9.12.2014 12:25 PM

Politics

Obama's ISIS War Already Hits Home: DHS Tells Retailers to Spy on You

Zenon Evans | 9.12.2014 12:20 PM

Politics

ISIS and Liberalism's Existential Crisis

Shikha Dalmia | 9.12.2014 10:40 AM

Politics

War/Not War?: Is John Kerry as Stupid as He Sounds? You Be the Judge

Nick Gillespie | 9.12.2014 8:45 AM

Politics

ClickHole Quiz: "Which Iraq War Are You?"

Zenon Evans | 9.11.2014 5:00 PM

ISIS

It Begins: U.S. Action Against ISIS Lets Regional Powers Off the Hook to Do Anything About Their Own Security

Ed Krayewski | 9.11.2014 4:34 PM

Election 2014

Past the Primaries: What to Expect When You're Expecting Midterms

The final brackets have all been determined. What is there to learn from how the 2014 primaries played out?

Scott Shackford | 9.11.2014 4:31 PM

World

Thumbs Up for President's War Plan From John Boehner

So, he has that going for him.

Reason Staff | 9.11.2014 4:01 PM

Politics

Watch Each of the Last Four U.S. Presidents Announce That We're Bombing Iraq

Peter Suderman | 9.11.2014 12:19 PM

Politics

Obama's B.S. Justification for His Illegal War: the 2001 AUMF

Matt Welch | 9.11.2014 10:59 AM

Interventionism

Obama Repeating Bush's Iraq Folly

Same playbook

Sheldon Richman | 9.11.2014 10:30 AM

World

Congresswoman Reacts to the ISIS War Drive: 'I'm Glad People Have This 9/11 Mentality Again'

Refreshingly honest, I guess.

Jesse Walker | 9.11.2014 9:33 AM

Sarah Palin

Sarah Palin Facebook Post About ISIS Illustrates Republican Confusion on Obama, Iraq, Foreign Policy

Ed Krayewski | 9.11.2014 8:41 AM

Politics

Threat Inflation and Our Next Dumb War: ISIS Edition

Nick Gillespie | 9.11.2014 8:16 AM

Politics

Waging War Is a Decision for Congress Alone

If the political class ignores James Madison's warnings, it will do so at its peril.

Andrew Napolitano | 9.11.2014 7:00 AM

Politics

Obama's War Speech Leaves 'Basic Questions Unanswered,' Amash Slams

Zenon Evans | 9.11.2014 12:20 AM

World

Rand Paul Says Obama's ISIS Plan Definitely Unconstitutional

He still supports it, though.

Robby Soave | 9.10.2014 10:35 PM

World

Obama Announces New Bombing Campaign in Syria

Reason Staff | 9.10.2014 9:46 PM

World

Read the Transcript of Obama's Speech on ISIS

Reason Staff | 9.10.2014 9:41 PM

Politics

All the President's War Declaration (or Whatever it Was); Transcript

Nick Gillespie | 9.10.2014 9:34 PM

World

Obama: Airstrikes in Syria, Train 'Moderate' Rebels, No American Ground Troops

Robby Soave | 9.10.2014 9:32 PM

Politics

Tonight on a Special 11 p.m. Edition of The Independents: Reacting to the President's Case for War, With Rep. Kerry Bentivolio, Col. Ralph Peters, and Michaels Moynihan, Weiss, and Baker

Matt Welch | 9.10.2014 8:49 PM

Politics

David Frum Makes Several Good Points While Arguing Against War in Iraq. I Know, Right?

Matt Welch | 9.10.2014 6:10 PM

Politics

3 Problems Libertarians Have with Rand Paul's Foreign Policy

Libertarians who take their ideas seriously have always judged even purported political allies by tough standards, and rightly so.

Brian Doherty | 9.10.2014 4:31 PM

Politics

Why Do Reporters Think 'Isolationist' Is a Neutral Term for People Less Inclined to Wage War Than Dick Cheney?

Jacob Sullum | 9.10.2014 3:18 PM

Politics

Americans: Dubious About War But Ready to Fight ISIS—Just Not With Ground Troops

Public opinion, military action, and ISIS.

Jesse Walker | 9.10.2014 1:10 PM

Policy

Terrorists Want Us to Overreact. Let's Not Give In, Mr. President.

Maybe it's time for America to stop taking the bait.

John Stossel | 9.10.2014 12:00 PM

Politics

Obama's Grotesque Flip-Flops on Congressional Authorization for War

Matt Welch | 9.10.2014 11:39 AM

Policy

Obama Plans to Bomb ISIS Without First Obtaining Congressional Approval

Reason Staff | 9.10.2014 10:18 AM

Policy

Nation Building Isn't Needed to Fight ISIS

The president should focus upon a narrow mission, and resist calls for yet another quixotic crusade in the Middle East.

Christopher Preble | 9.10.2014 9:30 AM

World

Obama Seeking Long War With ISIL—Who Needs Authorization? (Amash Does!)

If it's a rock-paper-scissors war Obama wants, it's a rock-paper-scissors war he'll get.

Robby Soave | 9.10.2014 8:00 AM

Policy

Ending Evil vs. Defending the Country

Do the Islamic State's crimes justify Obama's new war?

Jacob Sullum | 9.10.2014 7:00 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Tim Carney on Obama's New War, Killer Mike on Ray Rice, Peter Suderman on Spiking ER Visits, Kmele Foster on the iWatch, Plus Berkeley Anti-Speech Movement, Sudbury School, and Aftershow

Matt Welch | 9.9.2014 8:23 PM

Policy

World Leaders Await Obama's ISIL Speech

Strategy?

Reason Staff | 9.9.2014 4:41 PM

World

Remember Those 'Moderate' Syrian Rebels? They Sold Sotloff to ISIL

Robby Soave | 9.9.2014 8:00 AM

World

Sotloff Family: 'Moderate' Syrian Rebels Sold Reporter to ISIL for Cash

Reason Staff | 9.9.2014 2:02 AM