Blog Posts

The Convoluted Debate on Drones

Malou Innocent | Jul 29, 2011

Are drones simply providing policy makers a more antiseptic avenue for satiating their endless appetite for intervention?

Benjamin H. Friedman | Jul 06, 2011

How laziness in the media and waffling in the White House have created an al-Qaeda bogeyman.

Malou Innocent | Jun 15, 2011

Security in Islamabad is getting worse. Armchair analysts in Washington are getting louder. Coincidence?

Joshua Rovner | Jun 14, 2011

Terrorist safe havens and loose nukes are the strategic bogeymen justifying the war in Afghanistan.

Justin Logan | May 18, 2011

The idea that Bin Laden's death was the product of America's massive defense expenditures is balderdash.

Christopher A. Preble | May 17, 2011

What Americans (and Middle Easterners) need to hear from Obama.

Malou Innocent | May 06, 2011

Thank you, Mr. Bush, Mr. Rumsfled, Ms. Rice, et al. for taking your eyes off the ball.

Paul R. Pillar | May 05, 2011

The treasure trove found at bin Laden's compound is not a Rosetta Stone for unlocking terrorist secrets.

Benjamin H. Friedman | May 05, 2011

Emotions and overgeneralizations run amok in the wake of the successful bin Laden raid.

Jacob Heilbrunn | May 05, 2011

Bin Laden's death is no cause for shame. Germany's disgraceful behavior is.