Military analysis.

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• Lost in a Muddle Obama's frustrating, unfocused speech on Iraq.
  Fred Kaplan Sept. 1, 2010
  
• The Afghanistan War Is Mainly About Pakistan and India Actually, it's about the whole region.
  Fred Kaplan Aug. 24, 2010
  
• Will Israel Bomb Iran? A close reading of Jeffrey Goldberg's Atlantic article.
  Fred Kaplan Aug. 11, 2010
  
• A Good Start Robert Gates' crafty but inadequate plan to cut the Pentagon budget.
  Fred Kaplan Aug. 9, 2010
  
• Over the Top Charging the WikiLeaks leaker with treason would be absurd.
  Fred Kaplan Aug. 4, 2010
  
• Reading the Intelligence Why spies, counterspies, and counter-counterspies are so popular right now.
  Fred Kaplan July 30, 2010
  
• Not the Pentagon Papers No one who's been paying attention should be surprised by the WikiLeaks documents about the war in Afghanistan.
  Fred Kaplan July 26, 2010
  
• The Geek Labyrinth The most frightening thing about our unfathomably complex intelligence bureaucracy.
  Fred Kaplan July 22, 2010
  
• Good News and Bad News From Afghanistan Petraeus is already making improvements, but they won't matter if Karzai doesn't reform.
  Fred Kaplan July 14, 2010
  
• Wrong-Headed Romney Mitt Romney's dumb critique of Obama's New START nuke treaty.
  Fred Kaplan July 7, 2010
  
• Inside Dopes Let's hope our undercover agents are better than these newly uncovered Russian spies.
  Fred Kaplan June 30, 2010
  
• Now What? Can a new commander improve the dire situation in Afghanistan?
  Fred Kaplan June 24, 2010
  
• McChrystal: Gone and Soon Forgotten Naming Petraeus in his place is a stroke of personnel genius.
  Fred Kaplan June 23, 2010
  
• Who's in Charge Here? What Rolling Stone's McChrystal profile reveals about our fractured command in Afghanistan.
  Fred Kaplan June 22, 2010
  
• Fainting Spells Gen. Petraeus' collapse is a grim metaphor for the prospects of the Kandahar offensive.
  Fred Kaplan June 15, 2010
  
• Are Brazil and Turkey Delusional or Deceptive? Why their nuclear deal with Iran is worse than useless.
  Fred Kaplan June 11, 2010
  
• Does Clapper Have the DNA To Be DNI? Obama's pick for director of national intelligence has the right temperament—and the right friends—to do the job.
  Fred Kaplan June 8, 2010
  
• That's No Way To Enforce a Blockade How Israel botched what should have been a straightforward military operation.
  Fred Kaplan June 1, 2010
  
• Why Is Kim Jong-il Suddenly So Aggressive? Actually, North and South Korean ships have been clashing for years.
  Fred Kaplan May 26, 2010
  
• The Cyborg Insects Are Coming! Why it's futile to resist new military technology.
  Brad Allenby May 19, 2010
  
• We, Robot Is it dangerous to let drones fight our wars for us?
  P.W. Singer May 19, 2010
  
• Wonder Weapons Don't Win Wars Cool high-tech devices have changed the face of modern warfare but not its nature.
  Fred Kaplan May 19, 2010
  
• Hey, Senate Republicans, the Cold War Is Over You wouldn't know it from some of the questions in today's Senate hearings.
  Fred Kaplan May 18, 2010
  
• How Are Things Going in Afghanistan? A Pentagon report says: not well.
  Fred Kaplan May 14, 2010
  
• Charm Offensive The White House's new Afghanistan plan: Be nice to Hamid Karzai.
  Fred Kaplan May 11, 2010
  
• Full Disclosure Why President Obama revealed how many weapons are in the U.S. nuclear stockpile.
  Fred Kaplan May 7, 2010
  
• Cheney's Wrong, Jacobs Was Right, and Cameras Do Work Three lessons from the Times Square bomb.
  Fred Kaplan May 3, 2010
  
• The Cyber Peril The United States is completely unprepared to fight a cyberwar.
  Fred Kaplan April 29, 2010
  
• Talk About Posturing Palin and Gingrich are wrong about Obama's nuclear strategy.
  Fred Kaplan April 12, 2010
  
• Nuclear Dreams and Nightmares Obama's new and old policy on The Bomb.
  Fred Kaplan April 6, 2010
  
• Has Karzai Gone Crazy? What matters is whether he's a reliable partner.
  Fred Kaplan April 5, 2010
  
• Why Suicide Bombers Haven't Struck American Subways Sheer luck is a big part of it.
  Fred Kaplan March 30, 2010
  
• Agreeing To Agree The U.S.-Russian arms treaty may not be big news, but it's good news.
  Fred Kaplan March 26, 2010
  
• Is Peace at Hand in Afghanistan? Probably not.
  Fred Kaplan March 25, 2010
  
• Has Obama Turned Against Israel? The charge is ludicrous.
  Fred Kaplan March 17, 2010
  
• How Important Is Obama's Nuclear Posture Review? Nuclear policy matters, but the new document will be a side show.
  Fred Kaplan March 3, 2010
  
• Stop Slapping the Allies, Secretary Gates Is NATO well-suited to wage war in Afghanistan?
  Fred Kaplan Feb. 25, 2010
  
• Cheney's War He's fighting not Obama but his own, long-lost battles.
  Fred Kaplan Feb. 18, 2010
  
• Should We Stop Worrying and Love the Iranian Bomb? Debunking the nutty theory that Iranian nukes are a good thing.
  Fred Kaplan Feb. 12, 2010
  
• Sarah Palin's Storm at the Tea Party Why haven't responsible Republicans spoken out against her?
  Fred Kaplan Feb. 8, 2010
  
• Watch What They Spend, Not What They Say The Obama administration says missile defense isn't as important as it used to be. Its budget says otherwise.
  Fred Kaplan Feb. 4, 2010
  
• Too Big To Fail? President Obama has proposed the largest defense budget since World War II.
  Fred Kaplan Feb. 2, 2010
  
• Mass Effect Will Scott Brown's victory turn Obama into a foreign-policy president?
  Fred Kaplan Jan. 20, 2010
  
• Nothing To Talk About Why Obama is right to ignore North Korea's latest overture.
  Fred Kaplan Jan. 13, 2010