The United States has not formally declared war since 1942 when it did so against the Axis powers of Romania, Hungary, and Bulgaria during World War II. But since then, and despite numerous wars, military operations, and tens of thousands of battle deaths and...
For decades, American foreign policy has been adrift, despite the United States being the most secure world power in human history. A series of rash foreign policy decisions has tragically caught us in drawn-out conflicts increasingly disconnected from our core...
The Iraq War will go down in history as one of the worst mistakes in U.S. foreign policy. Despite the war’s immense cost in blood and treasure, little was accomplished other than destabilizing the country, paving the way for the rise of ISIS, and increasing Iran’s...
The Afghanistan War was the longest war in American history. Launched in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks to punish and destroy al-Qaida, this punitive operation quickly spiraled out of control into a never-ending nation-building quagmire that...
