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Bin Laden’s Legacy: Why We’re Still Losing the War on Terror
In the decade since 9/11, the United States has grown weaker: It has been bogged down by costly wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. It has spent billions of dollars on security to protect air travel and other transport, as well as the homeland more generally.
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A New View of the Arab Spring
Everyone knows that if you ask three Israelis what they think, you’ll get 10 opinions. Yet on a recent trip to Israel, I heard everyone from government officials to academics and cab drivers deliver the same refrain: “What Arab Spring? This is the Arab Winter.” more...
Before We Thank Iran’s Tanker Fleet…
With sanctions currently the U.S. tool of choice for thwarting Iran’s terror networks and nuclear ambitions, the good news is that U.S. lawmakers are crafting new measures to cast a wider net. more...
What Canada Can Do to Thwart Iranian Threat
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has described Iran in recent interviews as the gravest threat to international security, expressing certainty that the regime is striving to build nuclear weapons. more...
Lead from the Front
Last week, Syrian security forces withdrew from Zabadani, a town near Damascus where defectors from the army and other antiregime elements had been exchanging heavy fire with the army. more...
The Haqqani Test
For 65 years Pakistanis have been conducting one of modern history’s great experiments: Can a nation conceived as Islamic be free and democratic-- the vision of Pakistan’s founding father, Muhammad Ali Jinnah? more...
Kurds and Sway
If there is one group in Syria that embodies the trans-national currents running through Syrian society, and which is likely to have increasing influence in the post-Assad era, it’s the Kurds. more...
ISAF Captures Senior Taliban Commander in Helmand
In a raid earlier this month, International Security Assistance Force personnel captured a senior Taliban military commander who directed operations against NATO and Afghan forces in northern Helmand province. more...
Egypt in Transition
Today Egyptians celebrate the first anniversary of the uprising that ended three decades of authoritarian rule under Hosni Mubarak. In its rocky aftermath, the army took control, but the transitional process it set up created major advantages for Islamist parties, which were the only ones ready to run in elections. more...