The female veterans who filed the lawsuit say combat exclusion is unfair and outdated, based on stereotypes, inhibits recognition and promotion of servicewomen—and ignores the realities of the modern battlefield, says Gayle Tzemach Lemmon.

Micah Zenko says, "Like Dick Cheney 21 years ago, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta has engaged in an exhaustive effort to avoid both sequestration and any further reductions in the Pentagon's budget. The distinction between Panetta and his predecessors, however, is in the tactics he has employed to protect his bureaucratic turf."

Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta gave this speech, "The Fight Against Al Qaeda: Today and Tomorrow", at the Center for a New American Security on November 20, 2012.

Max Boot offers his recommendations for books on military history just in time for the gift-giving season.

Secretary of State Clinton, Defense Secretary Panetta, Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr, and Australian Defence Minister Stephen Smith met in Perth, Australia and released this joint communiqué on November 14, 2012.

On the subject of targeted killings, Micah Zenko says nations must be transparent about their adherence to international law and defend attacks' proportionality.

Osama Suleiman, a Syrian immigrant to Britain and head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, has taken on the task of counting the death toll in Syria through hours of videos shot by activists and journalists in the country.

Max Boot says David Petraeus's intellectualism was crucial to the U.S. military. Now the nation loses his skills.

Blake Clayton argues that cyber attacks on oil and gas operations are the new face of energy insecurity, with vast potential for crippling effects on global energy prices and nations far beyond the Middle East.

Rather than focus on dramatic raids and high-tech drone strikes, special operations should refocus its attention on working with and through non-U.S. partners to accomplish security objectives, says Linda Robinson.

In this world of grave uncertainty and looming threats, it is unlikely that the United States will ever have a peacetime president again, says Micah Zenko.

This past Memorial Day, U.S. President Barack Obama marked the 50th anniversary of the start of the Vietnam War with a speech at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

The argument of Thomas Ricks' new book, The Generals, is simple: since the end of World War II, the combat performance of the U.S. Army has been subpar, primarily because the highest-ranking generals have been reluctant to fire underperforming generals lower in the chain of command.

The War of 1812 gets no respect. It's easy to see why: the causes of the war are still subject to debate, and they were sometimes unclear even to the warring parties.

Micah Zenko says no matter who wins in November, the United States should get ready for ten more years of drones.

Over the last two years, Camp Lemmonier has been transformed into a Predator drone base for fighting terrorism by the U.S. military.

Adam Segal says the showdown between China and the United States over telecommunications is about more than just security.

Authors of the new CFR ebook Global Korea: South Korea's Contributions to International Security will discuss the ways South Korea is becoming a more active contributor to international security by participating in peacekeeping, antipiracy, postconflict stabilization, counterproliferation, and other activities.

Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and South Korean Minister of National Defense, Kim Kwan Jin, gave these remarks at a joint press conference in Washington DC on October 24, 2012.

This joint communiqué Between the U.S. and South Korea was affirmed by delegations led by U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and South Korean Minister of National Defense Kim, at the 44th Security Consultative Meeting in Washington DC on October 24, 2012.