History

The Case for Slow War

History shows that wham-bam-thank-you-ma'am rarely works out for the best.

BY JOHN ARQUILLA | MAY 6, 2013

The Most Dangerous Border in the World

Why is China picking a fight with India?

BY ELY RATNER, ALEXANDER SULLIVAN | MAY 4, 2013

How Syria Ruined the Arab Spring

Hopes for peaceful change have been replaced by sectarian animosity and unending bloodshed.

BY MARC LYNCH | MAY 3, 2013

Would Machiavelli Have Drawn a Red Line?

The case for subtle diplomacy.

BY ROSA BROOKS | MAY 2, 2013

In Search of Reinhold Niebuhr

America could use a little philosophical humility right now.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | MAY 1, 2013

The Ghost of Iraq

How the last war is haunting the Syria debate.

BY JOHN NORRIS | MAY 1, 2013

Hawking Something

The Syria interventionists want us to go to war. They're wrong.

BY MICAH ZENKO | APRIL 30, 2013

France's Forgotten War

Mali is old news in Paris. Now it’s all gay marriage all the time.

BY ROBERT ZARETSKY | APRIL 30, 2013

Hacktivism: A Short History

How self-absorbed computer nerds became a powerful force for freedom. 

BY TY MCCORMICK | MAY/JUNE 2013

The Singularity of Fools

A special report from the utopian future.

BY DAVID RIEFF | MAY/JUNE 2013

Cities on a Hill

Today's most intriguing utopias.

BY MARGARET SLATTERY | MAY/JUNE 2013

When America Became a Cyberwarrior

A secret document shows the NSA has been planning attacks since the Clinton years.

BY JEFFREY T. RICHELSON, MALCOLM BYRNE | APRIL 26, 2013

Brief Interviews with Hideous Terrorists

What it's like to sit and talk with jihadists, neo-Nazis, and lone-wolf killers.

BY JESSICA STERN | APRIL 25, 2013

Did the FBI Bungle the Tsarnaev Case?

What the bureau can and can't do on American soil.

BY DAVID GOMEZ | APRIL 25, 2013

The Wanderer

Meet Degi Dudayev. It's not easy being the son of independent Chechnya's dead president.

BY YULIA YUZIK | APRIL 24, 2013

Boston's Jihadist Past

Long before the marathon bombing, Islamists in Massachusetts were helping militants in Chechnya.

BY J.M. BERGER | APRIL 22, 2013

From Bishkek to Boston

A brief history of the Chechen diaspora, Islamic radicalism, and the possible link to the Boston bombing suspects.

BY EUGENE HUSKEY | APRIL 19, 2013

Portrait of a Chechen Jihadist

Meet Abu Hamza, a Chechen who went to Syria to fight.

BY NICHOLAS CLAYTON | APRIL 19, 2013

Displaced

What happened to the people who fled the terror in Chechnya.

BY JOSHUA FOUST | APRIL 19, 2013

An Army of One

What makes lone-wolf terrorists so dangerous?

BY JEFFREY D. SIMON | APRIL 17, 2013

Once Upon a Time in Pyongyang

Rare images of Korea before the Kims.

BY MARYA HANNUN | APRIL 17, 2013

Stay the Hand of Vengeance

From Guantánamo to Boston, why Americans have a dangerous tendency to overreact to terrorism.

BY BRUCE WEINSTEIN | APRIL 16, 2013

How Geography Explains the United States

Even after the tragedy in Boston, our country remains uniquely secure from foreign threats -- and that shapes how Americans see the world.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | APRIL 16, 2013

Beware the Few

You can't beat a lone terrorist -- or al Qaeda for that matter -- with shock and awe.

BY JOHN ARQUILLA | APRIL 15, 2013

The Enabler

The only way to stop Pyongyang's cycle of brinkmanship and extortion is to address the real problem -- South Korea.

BY EDWARD LUTTWAK | APRIL 12, 2013

How to Talk Kim Jong Un Off the Ledge

Is John Kerry ready to deal with North Korea? Here's how to do it.

BY JOEL WIT, JENNY TOWN | APRIL 12, 2013

The Cuba Lobby

The most powerful lobby in Washington isn't the NRA. It's the Castro-hating right wing that has Obama's bureaucrats terrified and inert.

BY WILLIAM M. LEOGRANDE | APRIL 11, 2013

Will Chinese Troops Cross the Yalu?

U.S. intelligence looks at Beijing's military options in North Korea.

BY ROBERT A. WAMPLER | APRIL 11, 2013

How to Keep NATO Strong

The transatlantic alliance cannot be taken for granted.

BY ANDERS FOGH RASMUSSEN | APRIL 10, 2013

Thatcher's Foreign Policy 'Failure'

She wanted Gorbachev to stop the reunification of Germany.

BY TOM BLANTON, SVETLANA SAVRANSKAYA | APRIL 9, 2013