Terrorism

Welcome to the Islamic State of Syria

Al Qaeda makes it official: The terror group is trying to extend its medieval rule from Baghdad to Damascus.

BY BRIAN FISHMAN | APRIL 10, 2013

A Weapon of Minor Destruction

How Eric Harroun, the American jihadist in Syria, was duped by the FBI into incriminating himself.

BY ROBERT YOUNG PELTON | APRIL 4, 2013

Vive La France, Allahu Akbar

Islamic militants messed with the wrong city on Saturday night.

BY MATT TREVITHICK, DANIEL SECKMAN | APRIL 1, 2013

Let Them Go

Why John Brennan should give a passport and $10K to every Gitmo prisoner.

BY ROSA BROOKS | MARCH 28, 2013

The Appeal of the Courts

Actually, we've already figured out how to win the legal war on terrorism.

BY PHILLIP CARTER, DEBORAH PEARLSTEIN | MARCH 25, 2013

This Is Not the Drone Debate We're Looking For

How Rand Paul and company are totally missing the point.

BY MICAH ZENKO | MARCH 19, 2013

The Jihadi from the Block

In the war for the heart of northern Mali, the real fear isn’t al Qaeda, it’s the criminals and fundamentalists lurking just around the corner.

BY PETER TINTI | MARCH 19, 2013

Lessons Learned from Kenya’s Election

Kenya’s general election wasn’t perfect -- but it was peaceful. Here’s why.

BY KRISTIN M. LORD , JACQUELINE WILSON | MARCH 19, 2013

Ends and Means

A decade later, what lessons haven't we learned from the war in Iraq that we should?

MARCH 15, 2013

Mali's Bad Trip

Field notes from the West African drug trade.

BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | MARCH 15, 2013

Wayward in Waziristan

How the United States is blowing the war on terror in the most dangerous place in the world.

BY AKBAR AHMED, HARRISON AKINS | MARCH 15, 2013

Mission Creep in the War on Terror

The case against giving the president even more power to use force.

BY ROSA BROOKS | MARCH 14, 2013

Inside the Pentagon on 9/11

McLaughlin's minute-by-minute account of the terrorist attack in Washington.

BY TIM MCLAUGHLIN | MARCH 14, 2013

Missing in Action

Extremists are destroying the fabric of Pakistani society. Where is the government?

BY MOSHARRAF ZAIDI | MARCH 4, 2013

The Inside Story of How the White House Let Diplomacy Fail in Afghanistan

"My time in the Obama administration turned out to be a deeply disillusioning experience."

BY VALI NASR | MARCH 4, 2013

What Went Wrong in Afghanistan?

We asked everyone from an ex-president of Pakistan to a former Afghan spy chief to weigh in.

MARCH 4, 2013

What Went Right?

Critics of the war are missing the big picture: Afghanistan is much better off today.

BY PETER BERGEN | MARCH 4, 2013

Mad Libs: War Edition

FP asked more than 70 top military thinkers to fill in the blanks on the world's global conflicts -- from the drone wars to the budget wars.

MARCH 4, 2013

Uncharitable Organizations

Islamist groups are bankrolling terror groups across the Middle East and pretending it's aid work.

BY DAVEED GARTENSTEIN-ROSS, AARON Y. ZELIN | FEBRUARY 26, 2013

You Can Leave Your Shoes On

Why sequester could make air travel a whole lot better.

BY JUSTIN HIENZ | FEBRUARY 25, 2013

The First Rule of Drone Club

The bad lessons Turkey learned from Obama's war from above.

BY AARON STEIN | FEBRUARY 25, 2013

It's Not About Us

Forget about the “war on terror.” The next few decades will be dominated by the bitter divide within Islam itself.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | FEBRUARY 20, 2013

#Unfollow

The case for kicking terrorists off Twitter.

BY J.M. BERGER | FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Refusal to Lead

In a dangerous and changing world, President Obama is just wishing away the problems America faces.

BY MARCO RUBIO | FEBRUARY 15, 2013

Inside the Islamic Emirate of Timbuktu

An exclusive trove of al Qaeda documents found in this fabled city shows a theocracy in the making in Mali.

BY HARALD DOORNBOS, JENAN MOUSSA | FEBRUARY 14, 2013

On a Military Wing and a Prayer

Europe thinks it can separate Hezbollah's political activities from its terrorist operations. But the Party of God isn't built that way.

BY MATTHEW LEVITT | FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Laying Down the Law

Why Obama's targeted killing is better than Bush's torture.

BY DAVID COLE | FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Obama's Legal Netherworld

The president isn't claiming too much power to kill Americans who join al Qaeda -- but too little.

BY JOHN YOO, ROBERT DELAHUNTY | FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Bankrupting the World's Most Dangerous Charity

It's time to put Hezbollah out of business.

BY RON PROSOR | FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Europe's Hezbollah Problem

In the wake of the Bulgarian bombing investigation, will the European Union finally designate Hezbollah a terrorist group?

BY BENJAMIN WEINTHAL | FEBRUARY 6, 2013