Terrorism

The Boy Who Cried Lone Wolf

If someone hands you a completed bomb and sends you on your way, you're doing it wrong.

BY J.M. BERGER | FEBRUARY 21, 2012

The LWOT: Underwear bomber receives life sentence

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Al Qaeda's Merger

Al Qaeda has joined forces with its Somali cousin, the insurgent-terrorist group al-Shabab.

BY J.M. BERGER | FEBRUARY 14, 2012

The Counterterrorism Consensus

How did liberals end up supporting the Obama administration’s continuation of George W. Bush's secret war on terror?

BY MICHAEL A. COHEN | FEBRUARY 13, 2012

The LWOT: Chicago cab driver pleads guilty to material support charge

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | FEBRUARY 10, 2012

The LWOT: Four plead guilty to London Stock Exchange plot

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | FEBRUARY 3, 2012

The LWOT: Guilty plea in Maryland terrorism case

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | JANUARY 27, 2012

The LWOT: Denver man charged with material support

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | JANUARY 24, 2012

The Military-Political Complex

Why is Barack Obama standing to the right of conservatives when it comes to cutting the defense budget?

BY JAMES TRAUB | JANUARY 20, 2012

The LWOT: Al-Nashiri hearing focuses on mail debate

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | JANUARY 20, 2012

Enough Already

It's time to talk to the Taliban.

BY STEPHEN HADLEY AND JOHN PODESTA | JANUARY 18, 2012

The LWOT: Hezbollah suspect leads Thai police to chemical stash

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | JANUARY 17, 2012

The LWOT: Gitmo observes 10-year anniversary

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | JANUARY 13, 2012

The LWOT: U.S. citizen charged with terrorism offense in Florida

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | JANUARY 10, 2012

The LWOT: State Department establishes Bureau of Counterterrorism

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | JANUARY 6, 2012

The LWOT: Tarek Mehanna convicted on all charges

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | JANUARY 3, 2012

Pakistan the Unreal

A son's tale of a death ripped from the headlines -- and the novel that foretold it.

BY AATISH TASEER | JAN/FEB 2012

The Rise of Boko Haram

Why the Christmas Day bombings in Nigeria could be the harbinger of much worse to come.

BY DAVID FRANCIS | DECEMBER 28, 2011

The World According to Ron Paul

Republicans are freaked out about what a libertarian isolationist in the White House would do to American power -- but not all Democrats are.

BY MICHAEL A. COHEN | DECEMBER 23, 2011

Assad's Lebanese Invasion

The Syrian regime wants to crush any expression of dissent in its fragile neighbor. President Bashar al-Assad's allies in Beirut are only too happy to oblige.

BY MITCHELL PROTHERO | DECEMBER 22, 2011

Don't Just Do Something, Stand There!

What should America do about the Arab Spring? Not much.

BY F. GREGORY GAUSE III | DECEMBER 21, 2011

The LWOT: Iraqi VP wanted on terrorism charges

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | DECEMBER 20, 2011

The LWOT: Government approves military custody for terrorist suspects

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | DECEMBER 16, 2011

The Bioterrorist Next Door

Man-made killer bird flu is here.  Can -- should -- governments try to stop it?

BY LAURIE GARRETT | DECEMBER 15, 2011

Is Foreign Policy Obama's Safe Zone?

Not among Republicans.

BY SCOTT CLEMENT | DECEMBER 14, 2011

The LWOT: Senate, House edit detainee provision in defense bill

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | DECEMBER 14, 2011

The LWOT: AP report describes secret CIA prison in Romania

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | DECEMBER 9, 2011

The LWOT: U.N. tightens sanctions on Eritrea

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | DECEMBER 6, 2011

The LWOT: Senate votes to keep detainee provisions

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | DECEMBER 2, 2011

The Idiot Jihadist Next Door

We can now add Jose Pimentel to the list of homegrown U.S. terrorist wannabes. But just how real is the threat?

BY LOUIS KLAREVAS | DECEMBER 1, 2011