Terrorism

Romney: Year One

What would happen if you took Mitt Romney's foreign-policy promises extremely literally?

BY DANIEL DREZNER | MAY 25, 2012

Me Against the World

In a Foreign Policy exclusive, American jihadist (and rapper) Omar Hammami sends word about al Shabaab's bloody leadership wars and how he became a target.

BY J.M. BERGER | MAY 25, 2012

Amateur Hour in Chicago

Obama knows that he can't succeed in Afghanistan without coming to terms with Pakistan. So why is his diplomacy so lousy?

BY ARIF RAFIQ | MAY 23, 2012

In the Crosshairs

Why controlling the international arms trade can help to build stable societies.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | MAY 22, 2012

Syria's New Jihadis

Meet the terrorist group that's ruining the revolution.

BY AARON Y. ZELIN | MAY 22, 2012

The Government We Deserve

Americans are sick and tired of Washington's dysfunctional politics. But it's not Congress they should be angry at -- Americans got exactly the system of government they asked for.

BY ALASDAIR ROBERTS | MAY 21, 2012

Unmanned and Dangerous

Why NATO's expanding use of drones is a disturbing trend.

BY LOUISE ARBOUR | MAY 18, 2012

Nation-Building in the Yemen

Drones alone won't be enough to stop Yemen from falling into the failed state abyss.

BY JAMES TRAUB | MAY 18, 2012

Sonnets for the Mujahideen

The militant movement has a little-examined sensitive side.

MAY 18, 2012

Terrorist Fishing in the Yemen

The Obama administration has doubled down on the use of drones to go after bad guys. How long until the blowback comes?

BY JAMES TRAUB | MAY 11, 2012

A Nation of Spies and Snitches

The United States is pretty darn good at infiltrating terrorist groups -- at home and abroad -- these days. But should we be worried about the social costs?

BY J.M. BERGER | MAY 9, 2012

The bin Laden Files

What the al Qaeda leader's final correspondence tells us about his legacy.

BY DAVEED GARTENSTEIN-ROSS | MAY 3, 2012

Where Democracy Is America’s Second Choice

For Washington, democracy promotion in Yemen continues to take a back seat to the fight against Al-Qaeda.

BY FRANCISCO MARTIN-RAYO | MAY 2, 2012

Hi, I Killed Osama bin Laden and I Approve This Message

Can Barack Obama ride the OBL raid to victory in November?

BY MICHAEL A. COHEN | MAY 1, 2012

Al Qaeda Is Doing Nation-Building. Should We Worry?

Yes. But not as much as you might think.

BY WILL MCCANTS | APRIL 30, 2012

Down with CISPA

America needs to stop preaching civil liberties abroad while passing privacy-destroying bills at home.

BY TREVOR TIMM | APRIL 27, 2012

The New al Qaeda Franchises

Al Qaeda itself may be diminished after the death of Osama bin Laden, but its affiliates are still sowing instability around the world.

BY LOIS PARSHLEY, HANNA TRUDO | APRIL 23, 2012

Think Again: Al Qaeda

A year after Osama bin Laden's death, the obituaries for his terrorist group are still way too premature.

BY SETH G. JONES | MAY/JUNE 2012

Smart Sanctions: A Short History

How a blunt diplomatic tool morphed into the precision-guided measures we know today.

BY URI FRIEDMAN | MAY/JUNE 2012

Strike Out

David Rohde says the Pakistani military finds drone strikes effective. But research suggests they increase terrorist activity in the short run.

MAY/JUNE 2012

The LWOT: Anders Behring Breivik on trial in Norway

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | APRIL 20, 2012

He's Not Alone

The trial of Norway's alleged mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik is only the tip of the iceberg in a rising sea of radical Islamophobia in Europe.

BY PAUL HOCKENOS | APRIL 19, 2012

The New Arab Oz

We’re not in Kansas anymore, and there is no yellow brick road to guide us to salvation.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | APRIL 18, 2012

Patriot Games

How the FBI spent a decade hunting white supremacists and missed Timothy McVeigh.

BY J.M. BERGER | APRIL 18, 2012

The LWOT: Britain allowed to extradite five alleged extremists

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | APRIL 13, 2012

Yemeni Idol

It's not easy being the second-biggest rock band in Sanaa.

BY GAAR ADAMS | APRIL 13, 2012

Needles Into Ploughshares

Want to fight Latin America's drug problem? Try land reform.

BY OLIVER KAPLAN, MICHAEL ALBERTUS | APRIL 12, 2012

The Lesson from Mali: Do No Harm

An African success story is in trouble. Is the West's intervention in Libya to blame?

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | APRIL 11, 2012

The LWOT: Alleged 9/11 plotter to face death penalty trial

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | APRIL 6, 2012

The Mess in Mali

How the war on terror ruined a success story in West Africa.

BY GREGORY MANN | APRIL 5, 2012