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War on Terrorism

Rethinking the Pakistan Plan

U.S.-Pakistani relations are in crisis. Strategic fear of India prevents Pakistan from bending to U.S. demands. Easing India-Pakistan tensions could change the dynamics of the U.S.-Pakistan alliance.

Dockets of War

WikiLeaks. Guantánamo Bay. Public-pressure campaigns by angry NGOs. No flavor of lawfare can stand contest against America’s unmatched global power.

Unintelligent Design

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.

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 Three Faces of NATO

One must wonder why, with the end of the cold war, NATO did not dissolve. How do we explain the organization's transformation and vitality at the end of the twentieth century?

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.

Commentary

Terror's Slippery Slope

America has much to be proud of in its response to 9/11. Continuing to move forward will require vigilance and restraint.

A War by Any Other Name

The U.S. is at war with terror, drugs, poverty and al-Qaeda (but not Qaddafi). The president and Congress go to battle over the meaning of war.

The Great Pakistan Rethink

Even if our worst suspicions are confirmed, the U.S. will not make Pakistan pay for the Bin Laden fiasco.

Blogs

The Defense Authorization Bill: Still Troubled

Congress has passed the bill. The question is not whether there is damage to civil liberties here but how bad it is.

The Militarization and Politicization of Counterterrorism

Counterterrorism is not a "war." The false label turns a vital practice into no more than a campaign talking point.

The Decade-Long Diversion

The greatest damage done by 9/11 is the fault of American policy elites, not terrorist hijackers.

Books & Reviews

An American Monarch

Obama’s attack on the Supreme Court is just the latest in a long history of presidential power grabs. Gordon Wood dissects John Yoo.

League of Demagoguery

We live in a world where the failures of a botched freedom agenda are everpresent. Yet no one in the foreign-policy establishment of either party seems to understand the changing realities of international affairs—or articulate coherent policy alt

I Say NATO, You Say No NATO

Will France call the whole thing off?

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February 12, 2012