Warfare

Twenty-First Century Proxy Warfare

Report / In Depth

Twenty-First Century Proxy Warfare

Proxy warfare will shape twenty-first century conflicts for the foreseeable future, but Cold War norms no longer apply.

Nov 9, 2018

Candace Rondeaux, David Sterman

Al-Qa’ida’s Contested Relationship with Iran

ABBOTTABAD, PAKISTAN - MAY 15: Pakistani man reading newspapers and daily life on May 15, 2011 in Abbottabad, Pakistan

Report / In Depth

Al-Qa’ida’s Contested Relationship with Iran

This study canvasses nearly 300 declassified documents to analyze the extent of the relationship - if any - between Iran and Al Qaeda.

Sep 7, 2018

Nelly Lahoud

Airstrikes and Civilian Casualties in Libya

Report / In Depth

Airstrikes and Civilian Casualties in Libya

This study is the first overall accounting of civilian deaths in Libya as a result of airstrikes and drone strikes 2012-2018.

Jun 20, 2018

Alyssa Sims, Peter Bergen

Front Towards Enemy

Book / In Depth

Front Towards Enemy

Louie Palu exposes the raw realities of the Afghan war through a stark, unfiltered visual diary.

Oct 1, 2017

Louie Palu

I Was Told to Come Alone: My Journey Behind the Lines of Jihad

Book / In Depth

I Was Told to Come Alone: My Journey Behind the Lines of Jihad

In this compelling and evocative memoir, we accompany Souad Mekhennet as she journeys behind the lines of jihad.

Jun 13, 2017

Souad Mekhennet

Kandahar Journals

Documentary / In Depth

Kandahar Journals

A photojournalist's reflection on the psychological transformation after covering frontline combat in Afghanistan from 2006 to 2010.

Jan 7, 2017

Louie Palu

Drones and Aerial Observation

Book / In Depth

Drones and Aerial Observation

How drones can be used in property rights, human rights, and global development.

Jul 22, 2015

Konstantin Kakaes, Faine Greenwood

Drone Wars

Book / In Depth

Drone Wars

Drone Wars presents a series of essays by legal scholars, journalists, government officials, military analysts, social scientists, and...

Dec 15, 2014

Peter Bergen, Daniel Rothenberg

@War: The Rise of the Military-Internet Complex

Book / In Depth

@War: The Rise of the Military-Internet Complex

A surprising, page-turning account of how the wars of the future are already being fought today.

Nov 11, 2014

Shane Harris

No Good Men Among the Living: America, the Taliban, and the War through Afghan Eyes

Book / In Depth

No Good Men Among the Living: America, the Taliban, and the War through Afghan Eyes

Told through the lives of three Afghans, the stunning tale of how the United States had triumph in sight in Afghanistan.

Apr 29, 2014

Anand Gopal

The Insurgents: David Petraeus and the Plot to Change the American Way of War

Book / In Depth

The Insurgents: David Petraeus and the Plot to Change the American Way of War

The Insurgents is the inside story of the small group of soldier-scholars, who plotted to revolutionize the United States military.

Jan 2, 2013

Fred Kaplan

The Longest War: The Enduring Conflict Between America and al-Qaeda

Book / In Depth

The Longest War: The Enduring Conflict Between America and al-Qaeda

Peter Bergen offers a comprehensive history of this war and its evolution, from strategies devised after 9/11, to Afghanistan and beyond.

Jan 1, 2011

Peter Bergen

The Bin Ladens

Book / In Depth

The Bin Ladens

Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and author of the national bestseller Ghost Wars, Steve Coll presents the story of the Bin Laden family’s ris

Mar 1, 2008

Steve Coll

How Bush Lost the War on Terror

In the News

How Bush Lost the War on Terror

Oct 22, 2007

The New Republic

Waltzing With Warlords

In the News

Waltzing With Warlords

Feb 1, 2007

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Twenty-First Century Proxy Warfare

Al-Qa’ida’s Contested Relationship with Iran

Airstrikes and Civilian Casualties in Libya

Front Towards Enemy

I Was Told to Come Alone: My Journey Behind the Lines of Jihad

Kandahar Journals

Drones and Aerial Observation

Drone Wars

@War: The Rise of the Military-Internet Complex

No Good Men Among the Living: America, the Taliban, and the War through Afghan Eyes

The Insurgents: David Petraeus and the Plot to Change the American Way of War

The Longest War: The Enduring Conflict Between America and al-Qaeda

The Bin Ladens

How Bush Lost the War on Terror

Waltzing With Warlords