Review: The Ethics of Insurgency: A Critical Guide to Just Guerrilla Warfare
In this book, Michael L. Gross – ethicist, political scientist, and chair of international relations at the University of...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Review: The Ethics of Insurgency: A Critical Guide to Just Guerrilla Warfare
A nation must think before it acts.
Categories for Outside Publications
Why ISIS Beats al Qaeda in Europe
A decade ago, counterterrorism analysts around the world fretted about the possibility of European jihadists returningfrom the wars in...
Let’s End America’s Hopeless War for the Middle East
A hundred years ago, the armies of World War I fought to a bloody stalemate on the Western Front...
Why the US Government Rejected an American Judge’s Finding of an Iranian Role in the 9/11 Attacks
As shown by Asharq Al-Awsat in a series of reports, exclusive interviews, and U.S. federal court and government documents,...
The Militia in the Living Room
Last week in these pages, we noted that more than 120 largely extremist and sectarian television channels in Arabic have captured...
The End of the Beginning in Syria
Five years ago this week, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad gave a television address about the largely peaceful protests against his...
The Islamic State in Europe: Terrorists without Borders, Counterterrorists with All Borders
Belgian investigators have taken a beating since failing to disrupt the Brussels bombings last week. They took more than...
Hope gave me children and cured my cancer. Now I’m in Iraq praying the same faith will heal people here.
Easter Sunday, Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan—The thing about cancer is that you cannot flee it. Cancer gives you one choice:...
Saudi Brinkmanship in Lebanon
In the context of its continuing rivalry with Iran, Saudi Arabia’s response to limited success in Yemen and setbacks...
The Misery and Terror of Life Under Putin in Crimea
On March 16, 2014, Crimeans voted in a sham referendum for Russia to annex Crimea. Has life improved for the...