War
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Newyork
Yair Lapid Says the World Misunderstands Israel
This is the debut of The Interview, The New York Times’s new weekly series, featuring in-depth conversations with fascinating people. Each week, David Marchese or Lulu Garcia-Navarro will speak with notable figures in the worlds of culture, politics ...
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Newyork
The Ghost of the 1968 Antiwar Movement Has Returned
At the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, anti-Vietnam War protesters clashed with police officers — whose brutal role in the confrontation was later described by a federal commission as a “police riot” — hijacking the focus of the ...
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US
NATO Puts on a Show of Force in the Shadow of Russia’s War
About 90,000 NATO troops have been training in Europe this spring for the Great Power war that most hope will never come: a clash between Russia and the West with potentially catastrophic consequences. In Estonia, paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne ...
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Newyork
Biden’s Deep Miscalculation on Israel and Gaza
Nicholas Kristof asks: Where has our moral president gone?
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Newyork
Biden’s Small Win — and Bigger Failure — in the Middle East
President Biden’s behind-the-scenes crisis management appears to have helped stop a wider war from igniting in the Middle East — for now. But that tactical win for the administration is actually part of its much larger strategic failure in the region ...
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Newyork
Give Me Liberty or Give Me … What?
If the American experiment finally decides to call it quits, how might a national breakup begin? Perhaps California moves toward secession after the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down the state’s strict gun control measures. Or Texas rebels when ...
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World
Do Tanks Have a Place in 21st-Century Warfare?
As explosive drones gain battlefield prominence, even the mighty U.S. Abrams tank is increasingly vulnerable.
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Newyork
How Joe Biden Lost His Way in Gaza
During the Darfur genocide and humanitarian crisis two decades ago, then-Senator Joe Biden passionately denounced then-President George W. Bush for failing to act decisively to ease suffering. Biden expressed outrage at China for selling weapons used ...
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Books
‘The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare’ Review: War, Undemanding
Guy Ritchie’s latest is the platonic ideal of an airplane movie, which is not exactly a good thing.
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World
How Israel’s Conflicts Could Escalate
Since Iran’s large missile and drone attack on Israel last weekend, Israel’s allies have warned its leaders to avoid responding in a way that could provoke a regional war. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel appeared to rebuff those warnings ...