What the U.S. military has been up to in the Horn of Africa.

A review of The Punishment of Virtue by Sarah Chayes.

Police assistance will continue to be a critical American mission for the foreseeable future, while the U.S. government will continue to be organized in such a way as to be bad at it.

Vance Serchuk reviews Enforcing the Peace: Learning from the Imperial Past.

A review of William Easterly's book The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good.

While military power in Afghanistan was once synonymous with partisan, warlord-run militias, the new army is a multiethnic, battle-hardened and increasingly professional force.

Put effort and money behind court system, as the U.S. has done in building the military.

The development of effective indigenous security forces is not an exit strategy. On the contrary, it is a recipe for staying a long, long time.