A post-Paris “Clash of Civilizations”? It’s the Islamic State’s Dream, and Marco Rubio agrees.
Five Signs the Drone War Is Undermining the ‘War on Terror’
As leaked documents obtained by the Intercept reveal, the drone war is likely creating more terrorists than it’s killing.
Five Dead-Ends on the Road to the Paris Climate Talks
So far, UN climate change conferences have sidestepped the real business of keeping fossil fuels in the ground.
Islamic State’s Terrorist Acts Threaten State It’s Creating
By staging terror acts, the Islamic State invites retaliation against the state — and Caliphate — it’s taking great pains to create.
Assad the Cornerstone That Must Be Removed Before the Edifice of the Islamic State Collapses
Meanwhile, the Islamic State poked big bear Russia with predictable results.
Amid the Hard Lessons of War, Refugee Women Learn Their Rights
The violence of war often falls hardest on women. So these organizations are empowering refugee women and girls — and men — to know and demand their rights.
After Paris and Beirut, It’s Time to Rein in Saudi Arabia
America’s leading Sunni ally was propagating a violent, sectarian religious ideology long before ISIS came on the scene.
Je Suis Charlie (Manson)
What the psychology of mass murderers — from Charles Manson on up to Bashar al-Assad and ISIS — can teach us about the method behind their madness.
Military Intervention in Syria Is the Problem, Not the Solution
From Paris to Beirut, the Islamic State’s latest atrocities are a calculated effort to bring the war in Syria home to the countries participating in it.
After the Paris Attacks, What Happens Here?
In the wake of the Paris attacks, Americans can’t let the hawks stampede us back into panic and illusions that US military supremacy can remake the world.