President Obama's politically motivated deadlines for troop drawdown have already undermined the effectiveness of the surge.

Withdrawal from Iraq's cities is good politics in Washington, but when premature and done under fire it may very well condemn Iraqis to repeat their past.

The administration’s drawdown is, at best, a gamble. But national security isn’t a game of roulette. Why not do what it takes to win the war, rather than run away by providing too few resources?

The latest spate of violent incidents in Afghanistan is set to increase pressure in America and Europe for a quicker end to the mission in the country.

Obama's calibration of strategy, with a greater focus on politically-motivated deadlines and less emphasis on security realities on the ground, is a strategic mistake.

For the past couple of weeks, we have been debating whether the GOP presidential field was slipping into isolationism. However, President Obama made clear that if his Republican challengers want the "come home America" vote, they'll have to wrest it from him.

President Obama's pledge to start pulling troops from Afghanistan in July was imprudent. It will be downright dangerous if the conditions on the ground he pays attention to are political ones at home.

Ground experience in Iraq is substantially changing the political debate over the Iraq war. In the U.S. presidential race, Senator John McCain, who made his eighth trip to Iraq in March 2008, states that his frequent travel there grants legitimacy to his support of a continued American presence. Following his...