Micah Zenko is a fellow in the Center for Preventive Action at the Council on Foreign Relations.
Micah Zenko: A military strike on Yemen in response to the attempted attack on flight 253 would be a bad short-term solution, as history shows
Micah Zenko: The US military wants to minimise civilian deaths from airstrikes in Afghanistan, but conditions on the ground won't let it
Micah Zenko: The US-Pakistan agreement on the use of aerial drones will help the battle against al-Qaida and the Taliban
Micah Zenko: Nuclear disarmament will take decades. All the more reason for the US and Russia to start now
Micah Zenko: American military leaders know nukes are not useful – and it's time for them to say so
