Take-No-Prisoners War
We may have Killed the 9-11 mastermind, but the Global War on Terror is still quite alive.
Osama’s Descent
This is too hot to be an Arab Spring.
Reading Netanyahu the Riot Act Would Have Done More to Halt Terrorism Than Killing bin Laden
Despite bin Laden’s death, the rallying cause for jihad still holds: U.S. support for Israel is as strong now as ever.
Good Riddance
The 9-11 attacks assaulted our self-confidence and delivered a blow to our sense of well being from which we have yet to recover, a decade later.
Playing into Osama Bin Laden’s Hands
His greatest magic trick was to persuade the United States and its allies to expend enormous sums of money to fight a small, isolated, and anachronistic force that operated on the very margins of the Muslim world.
Why I Can’t Celebrate Osama Bin Laden’s Death
War isn’t, and never has been, the answer to terrorism.
Bin Laden May Be Dead But His Grievances Live On
The grievances expressed in bin Laden’s manifestoes can still replenish the ranks of jihadis.
Jihadi Butch Cassidy
We have, once again, played right into Osama bin Laden’s hands.
Justice, Vengeance, and Osama Bin Laden
This could have been a moment to replace vengeance with cooperation, replace war with justice.
CIA Cultivated Human Hurricanes
Luis Posada Carriles, now in his 80s, has returned to Miami as a triumphant hero after an El Paso jury acquitted him of 11 counts of lying on an immigration form.
Review: After 9/11
In a new book of interviews, Tobias Endler explores the role and aspirations of public intellectuals like Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn and how they reach out to their preferred audiences.
Time to Sever the Saudi Ties That Bind
Not only is it the right thing to do, but severing our ties with Saudi Arabia makes political sense.
The Undead Chicken
With Libya, the Obama administration has followed the Chinese adage: kill the chicken to scare the monkeys. But the chicken still rules the roost in Tripoli.
Video: Reflections on Islamophobia
The Institute for Policy Studies takes you inside Congressman Peter King’s first hearing on the “extent of radicalization in the American Muslim community” held on March 10, 2011 and looks further at the issue of Islamophobia.
Letter from Maguindanao
For nearly 40 years, a civil war involving Muslim rebels and clan politics has raged in the southern Philippines.