As the guarantor of international security, the United States must commit to a long-term military presence in Iraq and Afghanistan. But what are the tools necessary to succeed on the new battlefields of the Long War?

Drawing on his extensive experiences as commander of the U.S. Army’s 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment in Iraq, Brigadier General H. R. McMaster discussed the challenges of command in counterinsurgency operations.

In this series of incisive essays, AEI's renowned defense scholars Thomas Donnelly and Frederick W. Kagan, together with a group of leading U.S. military officials and national security experts, identify the tools necessary to succeed on the uncharted battlefields of the Long War.

In their series of incisive essays, renowned defense scholars Thomas Donnelly and Frederick W. Kagan, together with a group of leading U.S. military officials and national security experts, identify the tools necessary to succeed on the uncharted battlefields of the Long War.

More than five years after the terrorist attacks of September 11, the Bush administration has come to realize that U.S. land forces are too small.

The nation's intelligence system is broken and we cannot rest until we fix it.