National Security

What Is the Why

Does it really matter what motivated the Boston bombers? 

BY MICAH ZENKO | APRIL 23, 2013

Inspiration Inflation

We're all to blame for giving al Qaeda's magazine more credit than it's due.

BY J.M. BERGER | APRIL 23, 2013

How About We Take Their Word For It

Do we really want the North Koreans to prove they can launch a nuke with a missile?

BY JEFFREY LEWIS | APRIL 22, 2013

Small Cells vs. Big Data

Can information dominance crush terrorism?

BY JOHN ARQUILLA | APRIL 22, 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

Boston Common

Can the marathon bombing resuscitate U.S.-Russian counterterror efforts?

BY DMITRI TRENIN | APRIL 19, 2013

Displaced

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

BY JOSHUA FOUST | APRIL 19, 2013

Forget What You Think You Know

Would we even recognize an al Qaeda attack if we saw one?

BY ANDREW LIEPMAN | APRIL 18, 2013

Keep Calm and Shut the Bleep Up

Dear Americans, stop patting yourselves on the back for 'not letting the terrorists win.'

BY ROSA BROOKS | APRIL 18, 2013

Off to a Bad Start

Why is the president letting America's nukes rust?

BY SEN. JIM INHOFE, SEN. BOB CORKER | APRIL 18, 2013

An Army of One

What makes lone-wolf terrorists so dangerous?

BY JEFFREY D. SIMON | APRIL 17, 2013

Channeling Bush's Budget Tricks

Will war funding save the Pentagon?

BY GORDON ADAMS | APRIL 17, 2013

China Is a Cyber Victim, Too

The reason we should listen to Beijing's complaints about U.S. hackers.

BY JASON HEALEY | APRIL 16, 2013

What Extremists Are Saying About the Boston Massacre

A guide to the Internet blame game.

BY J.M. BERGER | APRIL 16, 2013

Clip the Agency's Wings

Why Obama needs to take the drones away from the CIA.

BY MICAH ZENKO | 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

Mrs. Ballarin's War

The improbable tale of a West Virginia heiress the Pentagon hired to take on Somalia's jihadists.

BY MARK MAZZETTI | APRIL 15, 2013

Mirage Across the Potomac

The Pentagon's proposed spending and savings are both totally unrealistic.

BY GORDON ADAMS | APRIL 12, 2013

The Road to Pyongyang Goes Through Helsinki

Here's how you really solve the North Korean nuke problem.

BY FRANK JANNUZI | APRIL 12, 2013

The Gilded Cage of Asia

Why is the dictatorship of Kazakhstan getting such good PR?

BY JOSHUA FOUST | APRIL 11, 2013

10 Ways to Fix the Drone War

Obama's targeted-killing policy is a mess. Here's what he can do about it.

BY ROSA BROOKS | 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