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June 14, 2011 Enabling Mugabe to Cling On Last Friday was the twenty-eighth anniversary of Zimbabwe's independence, although the country's long-suffering people of the country might be forgiven for not exactly marking the occas... June 14, 2011 Thinking about Terrorism and Other Security Challenges in Africa In last week's column, surveying developments in the former Somalia, Sudan, the Maghreb and Sahel, Nigeria and West Africa, and the rest of the continent, I concluded that "Through the c... June 14, 2011 The Meaning of Another Lebanese Murder The Syrian regime would seem to be right on program. That much was clear from the assassination of parliamentarian Antoine Ghanem on Wednesday, six days before Parliament is scheduled to meet to... June 14, 2011 Wishful Thinking: A Lethal Habit When it Comes to Islamist Terrorists Osama bin Laden probably does not get home delivery of Parade but more than 30 million Americans do. And on the magazine’s cover last Sunday was the not-quite-smiling face of Benaz... June 14, 2011 Is Al Qaeda Iraq a Threat to Sweden? The leader of al Qaeda in Iraq recently offered a bounty encouraging the assassination of a Swedish cartoonist and his editor for having published drawings deemed insulting to the religion... June 14, 2011 Switzerland Siding with Iran? Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter went to Damascus last week to meet with Hamas' Khaled Meshaal, a man accused of terrorism by the United States, Israel and the European Union. Carter'... June 14, 2011 Cómo Pasó la Izquierda sus Vacaciones de Verano Hace unos pocos meses, la izquierda pacifista se sentía muy importante. En los campus de todo el país, los catedráticos estaban recibiendo cartas pidiéndoles que guiar... June 14, 2011 How the Left Spent Its Summer Vacation A few short months ago, the anti-war left was feeling its oats. On campuses around the country, professors were receiving letters asking them to steer students to “a major new organizing in... June 14, 2011 Would a President McCain Have Invaded Iraq? “We need to be honest about one central fact,” Senator John McCain intoned, explaining his opposition to the use of American military force. “We have no way to predict the size,... June 14, 2011 Feds Must Resist Push to Prosecute Cops who Killed Sean Bell It's a recurring pattern, as familiar as Rodney King asking whether we can't all just get along. Police respond to a disturbance, the kind that's inevitable in a big, bust... June 14, 2011 Somalia Still Sinking as Eritrea Entertains Enemies September has not been a good month in the sometime Somali capital of Mogadishu, even by the relative standards of a failed state that has not had an effective central government in the sixteen y... June 14, 2011 The War on Terrorism in Africa: Assessment and Prospects The end of one year and the beginning of another is a good time both to take stock of where we have been and to look ahead at the paths we are likely to take and the battles which we will have to... June 14, 2011 El Hambre Hay un antiguo chiste de astrónomos, que cuenta que éstos descubren un meteorito gigante que se acerca vertiginosamente a la Tierra y el Washington Post pone como titular “Se... June 14, 2011 Bad Faith Actor In the pantheon of United Nations causes, Africa by many measures occupies a preeminent role. Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon has described “the African challenge” as “the highest... June 14, 2011 Soft Foreign Policy Hurts the U.S. If American diplomacy were delivering on its promises, we'd be heading into boom times for peace and security. Instead, the new year begins with Washington foreign policy increasingly cocoon... June 14, 2011 FISA Reform Is Vital to Stopping the Next Terror Plot, Not the Last One Thanks to a testimonial error that National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell is now undertaking to clarify, a confusing turn has been taken in the debate over reforming “FISA” --... June 14, 2011 Symposium: Addressing the Address Co-authored by Mario Loyola In his speech, the president once again talked strategy not politics. He explained why protecting the population of Iraq was the key both to military... June 14, 2011 Milestone in Partnership to Counter Terrorism in the Sahel By Dr. J. Peter Pham Last Saturday, military personnel from the Unites States and thirteen African and European countries wrapped up a joint military exercise in the Malian capi... June 14, 2011 Consejo Para un Candidato Presidencial Sospecho que unos cuantos lectores discreparán conmigo cuando afirmo que ninguno de los candidatos presidenciales, sea republicano o demócrata, ha articulado aún un tema de c... June 14, 2011 Advice for a Presidential Candidate: What Would Winston Churchill Do? I suspect few readers will disagree when I say that not one of the presidential candidates, Republican or Democratic, has yet articulated a compelling campaign theme. All favor security. Not one... June 14, 2011 The Hunger There’s an old joke about astronomers discovering a giant meteor heading toward the Earth, and the Washington Post running the headline: “World To End; Minorities and Poor To... June 14, 2011 Why Mrs. Bhutto Had to Die Former Pakistani Prime Minster Benazir Bhutto was murdered because of herpotential actions in Pakistan, by the combined forces of jihadism in that country. In short, they executed her to pre-empt... June 14, 2011 Cognitive Dissonance The much-anticipated testimony of a most impressive man, General David Petraeus, underscores a fact that is essential but much overlooked. No matter how adept and heroic our military is — a... June 14, 2011 After Bhutto: A Nation in Crisis Benazir Bhutto’s assassination is a tragedy, and likely a strategic setback as well. It is tragic because, despite the notorious corruption of Bhutto’s administration, in many ways sh... June 14, 2011 Benazir Bhutto: Killed by the Real Pakistan A recent CNN poll showed that 46 percent of Pakistanis approve of Osama bin Laden. Aspirants to the American presidency should hope to score so highly in the United States. In Pakistan,... June 14, 2011 Symposium: Energy Independence and the Terror War What is the best way for us to achieve energy independence? What is the urgency for us to do so in terms of our conflict with Islamo-Fascism? To discuss this issue with us today, Frontpage Sympos... June 14, 2011 Religion and Realism After 9/11 In 1996, halfway through America’s "holiday from history", terrorism expert Magnus Ranstorp published an article warning of a surge in religious fanaticism that would manifest itself in "sp... June 14, 2011 The Sunni Side of the Street As U.S. forces have pushed out from their bases and into neighborhoods across Iraq, and the surge has dramatically increased their capacity for offensive operations, a sense of security has swept... June 14, 2011 A Year@War Terrorism analysts universally regarded 2006 as a disaster. As the year dragged to a close, the Iraq war seemed lost and al-Qaeda had formally gained a safe haven in Pakistan. Perhaps the only si... June 14, 2011 The ‘Bin Trotsky’ Video and the Jihadi Failure in Iraq Has Osama bin Laden turned into Osama bin Trotsky? As I was watching bin Laden reading carefully from his prepared speech, I couldn't help but notice the dramatic drifting in the rhetoric fr... June 14, 2011 Bin Laden Unplugged Osama bin Laden's strength as an orator has always been his ethos. He is an eloquent and seemingly honest speaker, proud of his role in the attacks of 9/11, a principled spokesman for radica... June 14, 2011 Coal in Israel’s stocking In this holiday season, there are journalistic conventions one comes to expect: stories lamenting the commercialism of Christmas; stories summing up the 12 months gone by and predicting the direc... June 14, 2011 About-Face To many critics, President Bush’s new way forward in Iraq had failed before it even began. The new strategy, which shifted toward an aggressive counterinsurgency campaign coupled with... June 14, 2011 Destination: Durban II At the United Nations, ‘tis the season to bankroll hatred of Israel and America — via pricey preparations for a 2009 gathering dubbed the “Durban Review Conference,” or Du... June 14, 2011 Shroud of Turin Turin, Italy — The Turin book fair this year features Israeli literature, and Israeli president Shimon Peres is coming to the opening ceremony next weekend. Lots of others will be there, to... June 14, 2011 U.S. Should Help North Koreans Flee "We look forward to the moment when we can celebrate the blessings of liberty with the North Korean people," President Bush said in a statement released last week. So we should, faced wi... June 14, 2011 Symposium: The “Moderate” Muslim Brotherhood? Just recently, the Muslim Brotherhood released its political platform, part of which would establish an Iranian-style mullah council overseeing Egypt's democratic institutions. It also prohi... June 14, 2011 Don’t Give Up on Energy Independence This week in Congress, efforts are underway to roll back goals enacted just last year to encourage the development of biofuels. This could damage – perhaps irretrievably – the substan... June 14, 2011 La Pelea por los Alimentos Se ha convertido en la ortodoxia y William Tucker, escribiendo en The Weekly Standard, lo expresó más elocuentemente: “En este momento, estamos intentando que nuestros autom&o... June 14, 2011 The CIA Interrogation Tapes The controversy over interrogation tapes destroyed by the CIA is a farce rich in high-dudgeon hypocrisy. It is the latest act in our square-peg, round-hole experiment in judicializing warfare &md... June 14, 2011 Food Fight It’s become the conventional wisdom and William Tucker, writing in The Weekly Standard, expressed it most eloquently: “Right now, we're trying to run our cars on corn ethanol ins... June 14, 2011 Oil and War Mix: Having the Former Has Meant Winning the Latter The definitive history of the role of oil in modern warfare has not been written, but a lot can be learned from Robert Zubrin’s new book, Energy Victory. “For nearly... June 14, 2011 Esa Combinación “Petróleo y Guerra” La historia definitiva del rol del petróleo en la guerra moderna aún no se ha escrito, pero se puede aprender mucho del nuevo libro de Robert Zubrin Energy Victory (La Victoria de l... June 14, 2011 Hamas Turns on Fatah “Bukra fil mishmish,” in Arabic vernacular, literally means “Tomorrow, the apricots.” What it really means is “it will never happen.” The window for harvesting... June 14, 2011 Due Process for Jihadists? "Isn't the main issue," Justice John Paul Stevens plaintively asked, "the fact that it has taken six years" to resolve the question whether alien enemy combatants "have been unlawfully detai... June 14, 2011 Be Wise on Kosovo Over the past few months a number of Western leaders, including senior United States figures, have lent their support to separating the province of Kosovo from the Republic of Serbia, based on th... June 14, 2011 The Alcohol Cure: How to Break the Oil Monopoly in this Decade “We are financing a war against ourselves,” writes Robert Zubrin, nuclear engineer and author of a new book responding to the distressing fact that Americans and Europeans are sending... June 14, 2011 Dollars for Durban II In its abuse of American taxpayer dollars and trust, the United Nations has come up with many creative projects over the years, ranging from terrorist schoolhouses in Gaza, to procurement fraud,... June 14, 2011 Notes and Comments National security was not a big subject for Obama tonight. Nevertheless: North Korea — The sanctions imposed have been serious and effective? That’s just not true. I... June 14, 2011 The Bombs of Dhamma: Pakistan’s pop-music scene Singer-songwriter Imran Raza and guitarist Faraz Anwar hope to bring an unlikely revolution to Pakistan--one guided by Sufi-oriented music inspired by Led Zeppelin and Metallica. The country&#039...

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