Definition of terrorism

| May 01, 2007

American law treats terrorism like an act of war, not a crime. The fact that Europeans don’t doesn’t make their way better.

Thinking Outside the Tank

Steven Simon

Jonathan Stevenson

| Dec 01, 2004

Policy is only as strong as the thinking behind it. We need new ideas--and institutions--to win the war on terrorism.

Enforcing Nuclear Disarmament

Amitai Etzioni | Dec 01, 2004

Nigeria, Kazakhstan, the Congo: What do they have in common? All have nuclear reactors with the blessing of the UN. Is this "counter-proliferation" fit for an age of terror.

A Civil Solution

Jason McCue | Mar 01, 2004

Civil suits hold corporations accountable. Why not terrorists?

The Theological Iron Curtain

Joseph Lieberman | Sep 01, 2003

If the United States does not dramatically reorient its diplomacy to promote development and human rights in the Muslim world, it will forsake its own national security interests.

The Other Orientalism: China's Islamist Problem

Charles Horner | Mar 01, 2002

Three years ago, China was exporting revolution; now it faces a rising tide of Islamism, both without and within. Xinjiang may become China's Chechnya.

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Holmes Joins Giuliani

Kim R. Holmes | Jul 24, 2007

Kim Holmes has joined the Giuliani campaign as a foreign policy advisor. Read samplings of his writing in The National Interest here.

For-Profit Terrorism

Justine A. Rosenthal | Jun 13, 2007

The illicit economy is on the rise. Counterfeits, drugs, people and information all flow throughout our porous, evermore borderless world.

Israel's strike against a camp in Syria this past weekend highlights the need for what Russian foreign minister Igor Ivanov has proposed - an international convention against terrorism that spells out criteria for action.

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