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American Jihad

Al-Qaeda has accomplished the unthinkable: establishing an embryonic recruitment, radicalization and operational capacity on our shores. Our current strategy risks another 9/11.

Armageddon in Islamabad

Don’t be fooled by the recent positive news from Islamabad. We face the potential of a nuclear-armed state run by Islamic extremists. The consequences of a Taliban-led takeover of Islamabad would be devastating.

Pakistan Postscript

A post-Musharraf Pakistan faces a future that could include military coups, growing extremism, a potential collapse of the state or a move toward rogue-nation status. There is no easy fix for Islamabad.

Afghan Awakening

Can Kabul be saved? More troops are on the way, but a one-size-fits-all surge is not enough. We also need to change our tactics.

Xenophobia on the Continent

Anti-Semitism is on the march in Europe. But the European’s new turn toward isolationism goes even further than that.

Dollars & Sense

Pundits across the political spectrum have been busy making pronouncements about the “real” financial and political costs of the war in Iraq. Most of them are just blowing smoke. In TNI’s Realist, Grover Norquist and Dov Zakheim separate fact from

Commentary

Yes, the Afghans Hate Us

Negotiating with the Taliban is Obama's last hope.

Rethinking South Asia

A cobbled together bureaucracy and a cobbled together policy—not a good way to manage South Asia.

Bifurcating the Middle East

A new American strategy for the region: siding with the good guys. 

Blogs

In Search of a Defensible Detention Policy

The problem of dealing with terrorist detainees keeps getting murkier and muddier. Ideas, anyone?

Corrupting Counterterrorism

A list of terrorism sponsors? Or just a salient indicator of official U.S. opprobrium?

Al Qaeda and the Unabomber

The the recent terrorist plots hatched in Yemen remind us that Afghanistan is not in fact the alpha and omega of transnational terrorism.

Books & Reviews

A Ticking Bomber

There is no simple answer to the causes of terrorism. But three books offer insight into the complexities of man and his motivation to kill. These explanations come not from academic tomes, nor expositions by the burgeoning cottage industry of ter

A War, or Un-War?

Experts Peña and Pham square off on Iraq.

T for Terrorist

Hollywood romanticizes terror - Nir Rosen exposes it.

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May 27, 2012