Military analysis.

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• Friend, Foe, or Pakistan? The nation's role in Afghanistan is getting more and more baffling as the war goes on.
  Fred Kaplan Sept. 23, 2011
  
• The Post-9/11 Military Our soldiers and generals have adapted well to the post-9/11 world. Here's how they did it.
  Fred Kaplan Sept. 1, 2011
  
• Applying the Lessons of Iraq to Libya Five concrete steps the West (and other allies) should take today.
  Fred Kaplan Aug. 22, 2011
  
• It's Not What We Ought To Do, But What We Can Do Rory Stewart says humanitarian intervention is like mountain rescue—protecting lives doesn't require destructive adventures.
  Fred Kaplan Aug. 19, 2011
  
• Would Cutting the Military Budget Threaten Our Security? It depends how we define our priorities.
  Fred Kaplan Aug. 3, 2011
  
• Hearts, Minds, and Murders The killing of Hamid Karzai's brother means the war in Afghanistan is going worse than we thought.
  Fred Kaplan July 18, 2011
  
• The Army's Next Big Fight Protecting its own budget from Panetta and the pols.
  Fred Kaplan July 5, 2011
  
• A Brand-New Plan for Afghanistan Obama's troop withdrawal marks a dramatic—and risky—shift in strategy.
  Fred Kaplan June 23, 2011
  
• The White House Debates Afghanistan—Again Should Obama withdraw a lot of troops or just a few; change the war strategy or stay the course?
  Fred Kaplan June 8, 2011
  
• Arab Summer How unstable will the Middle East's new democracies be?
  Fred Kaplan June 3, 2011
  
• Exit Gates With a Warning Robert Gates begs Americans to have an honest debate about defense spending.
  Fred Kaplan May 24, 2011
  
• Not Just a Figurehead What Osama Bin Laden's death means for al-Qaida and for U.S. relations with Afghanistan and Pakistan.
  Fred Kaplan May 2, 2011
  
• Same Guys, New Jobs Why Obama's reshuffling of his national security team makes sense.
  Fred Kaplan April 28, 2011
  
• File Under: Failure How did Obama's effort to make government more transparent go so wrong?
  Fred Kaplan April 26, 2011
  
• NATO's Last Mission? The military crisis in Libya highlights an existential crisis for NATO.
  Fred Kaplan April 14, 2011
  
• Superpowerless Why the United States can't do as much as you think in Afghanistan and the Middle East.
  Fred Kaplan April 7, 2011
  
• Obama Makes His Case The president's Libya speech was shrewd and sensible.
  Fred Kaplan March 29, 2011
  
• Is Libya Like Kosovo? Let's hope so.
  Fred Kaplan March 23, 2011
  
• It's On The U.N. Security Council passed a resolution on Libya. What happens next?
  Fred Kaplan March 18, 2011
  
• Don't Talk About the War Why didn't the Senate ask Gen. Petraeus a single hard question about Afghanistan?
  Fred Kaplan March 15, 2011
  
• No-Rush Zone Why Obama is taking his time deciding what to do about Libya.
  Fred Kaplan March 9, 2011
  
• Not Mincing Words On his way out the door, Robert Gates gives the military some refreshingly frank advice.
  Fred Kaplan March 4, 2011
  
• What To Do About Qaddafi How Obama could turn the crisis in Libya to America's advantage.
  Fred Kaplan Feb. 22, 2011
  
• Do We Really Need More Submarines and Aircraft Carriers? The brewing battle over the defense budget.
  Fred Kaplan Feb. 15, 2011
  
• Now What? No one, perhaps not even officers of the Egyptian armed forces, knows what the Egyptian armed forces will do next.
  Fred Kaplan Feb. 11, 2011
  
• Mubarak's Bombshell The president refuses to step down. What's next for Egypt? A coup? A revolution? A crackdown?
  Fred Kaplan Feb. 10, 2011
  
• Know-It-All Donald Rumsfeld may be even worse at writing a memoir than he was at being secretary of defense.
  Fred Kaplan Feb. 8, 2011
  
• Does Egypt Prove Bush Right? No, his "freedom agenda" failed long before he left office.
  Fred Kaplan Feb. 3, 2011
  
• Obama's "Sputnik Moment" The lesson from the 1950s is that it takes more than private enterprise to revive American innovation. It takes lots of government spending.
  Fred Kaplan Jan. 26, 2011
  
• Under the Radar Don't worry about China's new stealth fighter jet.
  Fred Kaplan Jan. 11, 2011
  
• Trimming the Pentagon's Sails Secretary Robert Gates' dramatic (but limited) plan to cut defense spending.
  Fred Kaplan Jan. 7, 2011