Bush's Legacy

The LWOT: British court convicts Awlaki-linked terror plotter; Texas terror suspect to plead not guilty

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | MARCH 1, 2011

The LWOT: FBI arrests Saudi in alleged terrorism plot; Chesser gets 25 years in prison

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | FEBRUARY 25, 2011

Neocons and the Revolution

How the Arab revolt is rocking the neoconservative world.

BY JACOB HEILBRUNN | FEBRUARY 23, 2011

The LWOT: Khalden trainer gets 34 months; Government invokes state secrets in controversial case

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | FEBRUARY 22, 2011

The LWOT: Terror camp trainer pleads guilty at Gitmo; House passes 90-day Patriot Act extension

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Winning the Battle, Losing the War

The Pentagon may have come out of Barack Obama's 2012 budget mostly unscathed, but the military's salad days of limitless spending are over.

BY GORDON ADAMS | FEBRUARY 15, 2011

The LWOT: House fails to pass Patriot Act extensions; Top officials testify on terrorist threat

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | FEBRUARY 11, 2011

The LWOT: Chechen rebel leader claims Moscow attack; Cameron criticizes 'multiculturalism'

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | FEBRUARY 8, 2011

The LWOT: Lieberman criticizes Army, FBI over Ft. Hood; Possible fifth 9/11 cell revealed

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Let's Try This Again

Egypt could be a watershed moment for democracy promotion in the Arab world -- but only if the United States understands how it went wrong the last time.

BY JAMES TRAUB | FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Strait Talk

Barack Obama doesn't want you to know about it, but his administration just made the biggest move in more than a decade to open up Cuba.

BY ARTURO LOPEZ-LEVY | JANUARY 31, 2011

The Least Worst Venue

The Obama administration's plan to resume military commission trials for Guantánamo detainees isn't as terrible as civil liberties advocates think.

BY ROBERT CHESNEY | JANUARY 21, 2011

The LWOT: Obama to resume Gitmo trials; Supreme court declines habeas case

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | JANUARY 21, 2011

The Post-Tunisia World

Last week's upheaval showed that citizens of the Arab world are willing and able to overthrow their dictators -- and the Obama administration has to figure out how it will respond when they do.

BY JAMES TRAUB | JANUARY 21, 2011

The LWOT: Awlaki convicted, in Yemen; New filings in Ghailani sentencing

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JANUARY 18, 2011

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

The Forum for the Future was supposed to be an instrument of George W. Bush's Middle East freedom agenda. Seven years later, it embodies everything that was wrong with it -- and the Arab street is taking matters into its own hands.

BY JAMES TRAUB | JANUARY 14, 2011

The LWOT: Protests greet Guantanamo anniversary; FBI interrogates American in Kuwait

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | JANUARY 14, 2011

How Many Gitmo Alumni Take Up Arms?

Not nearly as many as the Department of Defense is claiming.

BY PETER BERGEN, KATHERINE TIEDEMANN, ANDREW LEBOVICH | JANUARY 11, 2011

The LWOT: Obama considers ignoring Congressional Gitmo ban; UK to modify but continue control orders

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JANUARY 7, 2011

The LWOT: Suicide bomber targets Sweden; Holder pushes back against criticism of stings

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | DECEMBER 14, 2010

The Sunshine Policy

The United States has quietly asked allies like Yemen and Pakistan for some extraordinary favors in its war on terrorism. Is it really so terrible if WikiLeaks forces them to explain those demands?

BY JAMES TRAUB | DECEMBER 10, 2010

The LWOT: House effectively bans Gitmo closure, KSM civilian trial; Judge dismisses Awlaki targeted killing lawsuit

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | DECEMBER 10, 2010

The LWOT: Mohamud arrest sparks debate on entrapment; terrorist-linked passport forging ring broken up

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | DECEMBER 3, 2010

LWOT special brief: Ghailani convicted on one count of conspiracy, cleared of murder charges

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | NOVEMBER 18, 2010

The Pause Button

If the Senate kills New START, is Obama's Russia policy dead, too?

BY DMITRI TRENIN | NOVEMBER 17, 2010

A War of His Own Making

On the day that defined his presidency, Bush never wavered from his decision: 9/11 meant war.

BY BLAKE HOUNSHELL | NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Delusion Points

Don't fall for the nostalgia -- George W. Bush's foreign policy really was that bad.

BY STEPHEN M. WALT | NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Not Your Father's Cuba

What Marco Rubio and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen don't get about the new generation of Cuban-Americans.

BY ARTURO LOPEZ-LEVY | NOVEMBER 5, 2010

An Unnecessary War

Afghanistan used to be the central front in the war against terrorism. Now it's a distraction from it.

BY JAMES TRAUB | OCTOBER 29, 2010

It's the Occupation, Stupid

Extensive research into the causes of suicide terrorism proves Islam isn't to blame -- the root of the problem is foreign military occupations.

BY ROBERT A. PAPE | OCTOBER 18, 2010