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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.

The Last Temptation of Risk

Eichengreen explains the origins of the economic crisis.

Making the Grade: From A to F, How the U.S. Measures Up in its Struggle Against Global Extremism

The results are in. Did the United States pass the test? Leading terrorism experts hand in their marks on U.S. efforts.

Family Feud: The Law in War and Peace

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

Enforcing Nuclear Disarmament

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.

Small is Beautiful

Small businesses get no respect--and little venture capital. A new exchange could fix that.

Commentary

The Defense Exports

A new approach bridges the debate over whether America should prepare for counterinsurgencies versus large-scale armed conflicts.

American Jihad, Part II

We are stumbling blindly through the minefield of countering terrorist radicalization and recruitment inside the United States.

Global Parallels: Proportionate Governance for Increased Commerce

The economy functions in the same way the video image and soundtrack combine to form a movie.

Blogs

The Many Costs of Leaks

The attempt by Wikileaks to make it into the Guinness Book of World Records  isn't all fun and games.

Do Terrorism Warnings Work?

Improved security measures might protect against against terrorists. Causing everyone to worry does not.

Where's the Beef?

Everyone agrees America must do more to protect itself from homegrown terrorist threats. So why aren't we?

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

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February 11, 2012