Terrorism & Extremism

Supporters of Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah gesture during a rally commemorating the annual Hezbollah Martyrs' Day in Nabatieh, Lebanon, November 11, 2021. REUTERS/Aziz Taher

Is Hezbollah overplaying its hand inside Lebanon?

Stephanie T. Williams

Friday, November 19, 2021

Egyptian President Anwar Sadat acknowledges applause during a Joint Session of Congress in which U.S. President Jimmy Carter announced the results of the Camp David Accords, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., September 18, 1978. Library of Congress/Warren K. Leffler/Handout via REUTERS

What Anwar Sadat’s murder 40 years ago meant for the Middle East

Friday, October 1, 2021

Pakistani military personnel stand beside short-range Surface to Surface Missile NASR during Pakistan Day military parade in Islamabad, Pakistan, March 23, 2017. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood

The agonizing problem of Pakistan’s nukes

Tuesday, September 28, 2021

The Statue of Liberty and One World Trade Center are seen as the Tribute in Light shines in downtown Manhattan.

I hadn’t the slightest idea my life would change after 9/11

Monday, September 20, 2021

U.S. President George W. Bush answers questions from the press aboutIraq with Vice President Richard Cheney (L) looking on, during ameeting with Congressional leaders at the White House, September 18,2002. The president said Saddam Hussein "won't fool anybody" with hispromise to admit weapons inspectors into his country. REUTERS/LarryDowningLSD/HB

9/11 and Iraq: The making of a tragedy

Friday, September 17, 2021

A tattered U.S. flag flies at the Con Edison Substation in Downtown Manhattan

Is the US headed for another Civil War?

William G. Gale and Darrell M. West

Thursday, September 16, 2021

U.S. President George W. Bush rides with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the front of his pickup truck as he welcomes Putin to his ranch in Crawford, Texas November 14, 2001. [Bush plans to treat Putin to Western-style entertainment and tour of his beloved ranch, as well as follow up on their talks in Washington on Tuesday on a new strategic relationship. ] Win McNamee / Reuters.

The impact of September 11 on US-Russian relations

Wednesday, September 8, 2021

A general view of Tel Aviv's skyline is seen through a hotel window in Tel Aviv, Israel May 15, 2017. Picture taken May 15, 2017. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

The Tel Aviv plot

Wednesday, September 8, 2021

Surrounded by members of Congress, U.S. President Bush George W. Bush(at podium) prepares to sign the Homeland Security Act November 25,2002 creating a vast Department of Homeland Security to preventterrorist attacks on the United States, setting in motion the biggestgovernment reorganization in half a century that could take years tocomplete. "The continuing threat of terrorism, the threat of massmurder on our own soil will be met by a unified, effective response,"Bush said at the White House signing ceremony. REUTERS/Win McNameeWM/GAC

DHS twenty years after 9/11: Looking back and looking ahead

Joseph I. Lieberman

Wednesday, September 8, 2021

File photo dated March 25, 2003 of United States President George W. Bush (R) speaks next to US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld (C) and US Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz (L) during a visit at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. Donald Rumsfeld, the acerbic architect of the Iraq war and a master Washington power player who served as US secretary of defense for two presidents, has died at the age of 88. Photo by Alex Wong/Pool via CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

Reflections on the long-term repercussions of September 11 for US policy in the Middle East

Itamar Rabinovich

Tuesday, September 7, 2021