President Obama has authorized the deployment of a small contingent of elite U.S. troops to northern Syria as part of the campaign against the Islamic State. The deployment of forces represents a clear escalation of the conflict.
Unbeknownst to most Americans, the U.S. has recently taken steps to transform a tiny, out-of-the-way outpost in the Djiboutian desert into a key hub for its secret drone war.
Hospitals and the people inside them have protected status under international law. Even if soldiers were at the hospital, its destruction would be difficult to justify.
Descriptions of drone attacks as “targeted killings” sidestep a powerful and accurate word — assassination.
A shadowy Pentagon program to share elite skills with troubled security forces has expanded since 9/11 with little scrutiny. A thinly funded vetting process rarely stands in the way of training Saudi, Bahraini, Colombian or Chadian forces.
In the aftermath of South Sudan's 2011 independence, a gorgeous, devastating documentary explores good intentions gone wrong.
Echoes of American wars reverberate in the latest documentary about Indonesia from the acclaimed director of <em>The Act of Killing</em>.
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