The militias that control the Druse religious minority’s heartland in southwestern Syria have resisted the new government’s attempts to bring all armed groups under its control.

For decades, Pakistan’s military has manipulated democracy while maintaining a facade of stability. That illusion is now ...

Far from consolidating military authority, the coup of 1975 ushered in a brutal power struggle within its ranks.

The military’s record is discouraging. For instance, it initially refused to allow in foreign rescue teams or many emergency ...

Many view the earthquake as a sign that Myanmar’s military regime and its chief Min Aung Hlaing are nearing an end.

The generals were pressed to recall the extent of Merabishvili and Kezerashvili’s involvement in wartime decision-making, as ...

A well-regarded 350-bed hospital, one of the last ones left in the country, now stands nearly empty. The home of one of its ...

In Lebanon, there was elated disbelief when in January former army commander Joseph Aoun was elected president and gave a ...

I published Subtle Tools, a book on the erosion of American democratic norms in the face of what came to be known as the ...

When South Sudan declared independence from Sudan in 2011 to a chorus of worldwide congratulations and celebrations, ...

The SPLM/A-IO condemned what it called “military aggression ... result of a power-sharing agreement struck in 2018 between Kiir and Machar. The deal ended a five-year-civil war, which killed ...

The general was riding high, set to join a regional leaders’ summit in Thailand this week, a rare overseas trip four years after seizing power in a coup that ushered in a ruinous civil war and ...