An innovative study of aerial bombardment brings history, state power, civilians and human rights into a single frame.
The president-elect's hope is to follow an "America first" path to domestic renewal. Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya may puncture it.
Under the president-elect, America's military can expect more of everything. What then?
The American election result can fruitfully be seen in a global context, as an expression of 'revolts from the margins' that arise in response to a failed economic system.
The intense aerial assaults in Iraq and Syria are being seized as an opportunity by forces, both ISIS and other jihadi, on the receiving end.
A military-led response to violent movements such as ISIS and al-Qaida misses the wider global forces that are triggering their rise.
Aleppo burns and Mosul reels. But in the background, yet more conflicts are incubating.
An inflated view of Russia's power, influenced by its role in Syria, could hasten further destructive conflict.
The complex military operation to seize Iraq's second city from ISIS's grip is a microcosm of the long war.
The retreat of the caliphate in Iraq-Syria signals a new phase in the 30-year war.
A judgment made during the chaotic invasion of Iraq in 2003 sadly needs no revision.
Washington's move to limit proliferation of armed drones is part of its search for a sharper military-technological edge.
