Bush Administration

Understanding Libya's Michael Corleone

The international community saw Muammar's Western-educated, reform-minded son as the best hope for a freer, more democratic Libya. Did they get him wrong?

INTERVIEW BY BENJAMIN PAUKER | MARCH 7, 2011

The LWOT: Gunman kills two U.S. Airmen at Frankfurt Airport; Two NJ men plead guilty to attempting to join al-Shabaab

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | MARCH 4, 2011

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

A Warlord's Last Chance

Why Liberian ex-president Charles Taylor thinks there was an international conspiracy against him.

BY JOHNNY DWYER | FEBRUARY 21, 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

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

The LWOT: "JihadJane" expected to plead guilty; Spanish judge sets deadline on Gitmo investigation

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | FEBRUARY 1, 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 Rest of the Story

Al Jazeera's Palestine Papers have been a PR disaster for the Palestinian Authority. But it's Israel's American supporters who really need to read them.

BY JAMES TRAUB | JANUARY 28, 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

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

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JANUARY 7, 2011

The LWOT: Terror arrests roil Europe; Obama considers indefinite detention review process

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | JANUARY 3, 2011

Publish or Perish

Private contractors cost taxpayers worldwide untold billions in corruption, inefficiency, and mismanagement. But the solution isn't getting rid of them -- it's showing the rest of us their paperwork.

BY CHARLES KENNY | DECEMBER 20, 2010

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

Al Qaeda's M&A Strategy

Is franchising a successful way to build a global terror network?

BY DANIEL BYMAN | DECEMBER 7, 2010

The Land of No Good Options

The WikiLeaks cables show a U.S. diplomatic corps adept at diagnosing the big problems of American foreign policy -- and a country hopeless at solving them.

BY JAMES TRAUB | DECEMBER 3, 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