Biden Arrives in Israel as Iran Aims to Destabilize Region
President Joe Biden landed in Israel on October 18 to express solidarity with Israel following the Hamas attack on October 7 that killed 1,400 people and resulted in some 200 hostages,...
Volgograd
Jihadis issue vague threats against World Cup
In online statements, both al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and al Qaeda’s general command issued vague threats against the FIFA World Cup and its host Qatar. Islamic State supporters have additionally...
Op-eds
Putin’s war perverts a personal geography
Bucha? That was the leafy Kyiv suburb where we spent a Saturday afternoon, eating ice cream cones and exploring a city park defined by neatly clipped hedges, classical sculptures and fathers teaching their...
Op-eds
Accommodating Iran Will Be No More Successful Than Accommodating Russia
Putin’s horrifying war in Ukraine shows the likely results of the West continuing to ignore Iran’s nuclear quest
Op-eds
What We Don’t Know, and Why
There's a lot we don't know, but ignorance is no obstacle to strong convictions. Ignorance comes to us easily, in part because lots of things are unknowa...
Op-eds
Assessing Terrorism in the Caucasus and the Threat to the Homeland
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Congressional Testimonies
Russia’s ‘Ring of Steel’ Around Sochi Can’t Stop Terror Attacks Outside
Next month’s Olympic Games in Sochi have generated a great deal of anxiety about the possibility of terrorist attacks. Sochi is the most dangerous Olympics we have seen in terms of...
Op-eds
Bombings Hit Russia Ahead of Olympics
Two bombings have rocked the southern Russian city of Volgograd in as many days, just weeks ahead of the Winter Olympics in Sochi. Sunday’s attack on the...
Policy Briefs
The Volgograd Suicide Bombing in Context
A female suicide bomber carried out an attack in the southern Russian city of Volgograd on Monday, killing 6 and injuring 33 civilians on...
Policy Briefs
Whither Egypt? Whence Syria? (Wrong Questions)
July 25th was the 70th anniversary of the fall of Mussolini, voted out of office by the Grand Fascist Council, arrested by order of the king, and imprisoned. At first, Italy remained in the...
Op-eds
Hoover’s Lessons
Learning from a half-century-old foreign policy critique.
Op-eds
Warfare, Lawfare & Jawfare
And one other form of combat to which attention must be paid.
Op-eds
Guerra, Leyes y Ideas
Resulta que en la guerra del siglo XXI no se trata sólo de matar a los chicos malos. En Irak, el general David Petraeus ha demostrado que para ganar las batallas modernas los soldados tien...
Op-eds
A Caliph’s Frustration with his Emirs
Yes, Bin Laden’s latest audiotape aired on al Jazeera is somewhat unique. Not in its ideological party line or in the Salafi doctrinal roots. That hasn’t changed nor is it expected to...