In the wake of the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil, Americans cried out for catharsis. The 9/11 Commission delivered. What we are left with is an ill-conceived bureacracy in the guise of reform.
Over the centuries, the causes and justifications for war have evolved. But we remain caught in a Westphalian mindset, even though the nature of today’s substate threats demands an altogether-different mentality and a new breed of soldier—or at le
How to contain the virus of ethnic conflict.
If the United States seeks to quell the civil war in Iraq, re-occupation may be the answer.
American law treats terrorism like an act of war, not a crime. The fact that Europeans don’t doesn’t make their way better.
Without quick mediation, the politicization of religion could lead to conflict.
Gingrich and Hyde, UN boosters? What the new realignment means.
American religiosity and European secularity spring from the same source.
Bush's first term saw real successes and serious failures. To correct past miskakes, and avoid new ones, America's power must be wedded to leadership--and guided by a sense of the possible.
Authoritarian states are judged to be the breeding grounds of poverty, resentment and terrorism, but this is not always the case. What kind of despot fosters extremism?