Terrorism

Reaction Time

Why terrorism derails every administration.

BY MARTHA CRENSHAW | NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Bahrain Burning

The island kingdom is descending into violence, and nobody has a plan to restore order.

BY MICHAEL STEPHENS | NOVEMBER 7, 2012

Interrogation Techniques

What Bob Schieffer can learn from the CIA.

BY AMY ZEGART | OCTOBER 24, 2012

Caught in the Crossfire

If the United States wants to save Lebanon, it should get off the sidelines and help topple Bashar al-Assad's bloody dictatorship.

BY FIRAS MAKSAD | OCTOBER 22, 2012

Fight Night

How Barack Obama and Mitt Romney measure up on the seven foreign policy issues that really matter.

BY JOHN ARQUILLA | OCTOBER 22, 2012

The Man Who Brought the Black Flag to Timbuktu

A new Islamist strongman has taken the stage in North Africa. His rising power is giving him a lot of bad ideas.

BY WILLIAM LLOYD-GEORGE | OCTOBER 22, 2012

Rewarding Impunity

Why is President Obama's attorney general handing out prizes for sweeping torture under the rug?

BY DAVID COLE | OCTOBER 18, 2012

The Ground Truth from Benghazi

The politicians in Washington are beating each other up over the Benghazi consulate attack. But they don't seem to be paying much attention to the evidence from the scene of the crime.

BY CHRISTOPHER STEPHEN | OCTOBER 16, 2012

Don't Just 'Do Something'

Why Obama shouldn't send a bunch of ninjas to Benghazi.

BY MICAH ZENKO | OCTOBER 9, 2012

Confusion

What if we can't catch terrorists in America because there aren't any?

BY JOHN MUELLER | OCTOBER 8, 2012

What the Vikings Can Teach Us About Terrorism

It's not about religion.

BY JOHN ARQUILLA | OCTOBER 8, 2012

Justice Delayed

Why is it so hard to figure out who killed Christopher Stevens?

BY MARTHA CRENSHAW | OCTOBER 4, 2012

Reports of al Qaeda's Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated

The terrorist group may be headless, but its tentacles still pack a mean punch.

BY DAVEED GARTENSTEIN-ROSS | OCTOBER 3, 2012

Senate Report Says National Intelligence Fusion Centers Have Been Useless

Huge sums spent to watch flat-screen televisions and report on suspicious bass fishing in Mexico.

BY R. JEFFREY SMITH AT THE CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY | OCTOBER 3, 2012

Forget Revolution

What would really happen if the lights went out.

BY DOUGLAS BIRCH | OCTOBER 1, 2012

Save Benghazi

How the citizens of Benghazi are pushing back against the killers of a U.S. diplomat many considered their friend.

BY CHRISTOPHER STEPHEN | SEPTEMBER 29, 2012

Terrorists No More

An Iranian group's lobbying campaign to get removed from the U.S. list of terror organizations looks to be a success. But what does that say about the state of politics in Washington?

BY DANIELLE PLETKA | SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Torture Creep

Why are more Americans accepting Bush-era policies than ever before?

BY AMY ZEGART | SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Know Your Ansar al-Sharia

From Sanaa to Benghazi, Cairo to Casablanca, radical new jihadi groups have adopted the same name in recent months. Is it all just a coincidence?

BY AARON Y. ZELIN | SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

The White House's Benghazi Problem

Under pressure from the right, the Obama administration has declared the killing of its ambassador in Libya a "terrorist attack." The trouble is, its explanations just don't make sense.

BY LOUIS KLAREVAS | SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

The Seven Deadly Sins of John Brennan

What Obama's high priest of targeted killings doesn't want you to know.

BY MICAH ZENKO | SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

The Lethal Bureaucrat

Who is John Brennan?

BY MICAH ZENKO | SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Rumblings Along the Coast

Are Kenyan counterterrorism death squads behind the latest spate of targeted killings in Mombasa?

BY JONATHAN HOROWITZ | SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

State of Terror

Why Obama should blacklist Pakistan -- not just the Haqqanis.

BY C. CHRISTINE FAIR | SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

Bin There, Done That

Since when did the Democrats start talking like Rudy Giuliani?

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

Three Wars on Terror

Ronald Reagan and the battle for Obama's strategic soul.

BY JOHN ARQUILLA | SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

Does the F.B.I. Have an Informant Problem?

How the bureau is playing fast and loose in its fight against domestic terrorism.

BY J.M. BERGER | SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Report Card

Can the International Atomic Energy Agency stop a war with Iran?

BY MARK HIBBS | AUGUST 31, 2012

Breivik Won

In the end, Norway's killer got what he wanted: official recognition that his extremist ideology doesn't make him a madman.

BY ELIAS GROLL | AUGUST 24, 2012

Terrorism is Terrorism

We whitewash history when we ignore the fact that states sometimes engage in terror, too.

BY RÉMI BRULIN | AUGUST 20, 2012