On his landmark visit to Saudi Arabia, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared the two countries partners, not rivals. Last year, Flynt Leverett and Pierre Noel discussed Russian energy strategy.
Ethnic terrorist groups like Hamas can be engaged but there is no negotiating with religious terrorists. A strategy for splitting up the Al-Qaeda network.
Jihad is as virtual as it is real.
To err is human. Not to learn from one's mistakes--and to jeopardize the nation's security in the process--is unforgivable.
Arafat's death opened a real window for peace--but it won't stay open for long.
If gardeners and housemaids can cross our porous borders, so can Al-Qaeda operatives.
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.
To succeed, the roadmap to peace will need many things, not least of which is Israeli and Palestinian participation in it.
Iranian nuclear weapons aspirations pose a critical and very dangerous problem for the United States. Herewith a plan for stopping the Iranian bomb, short of using force.
Islam in Europe is being transformed from diaspora to "universal" forms. The latter portend a rise of radicalism and terrorism within the EU.