Russia had a program to return Russian women and children from Iraq and Syria. What happened to it?
The Kremlin’s Kool-Aid
Washington is responsible for a plethora of global calamities. But Putin’s Russia isn’t offering an appealing alternative at all.
Boston Marathon Bombing: What Do Chechens Have Against the U.S.?
Chechen separatists — often Muslim — have fought side by side with Islamic extremists against the United States.
Discouraging Civilian Cooperation With Counterterrorism, Part 963
Enlisting civilian aid in halting terrorism isn’t only a problem in the Middle East.
A World of Selfistans?
Reflecting on the absurdity of ever newer claims around the world for self-determination and separate statehood, novelist Salman Rushdie wrote sarcastically in Shalimar the Clown, “Why don’t we just draw a circle around our own two feet and call it Selfistan?” The recent Western-backed declaration of Kosovo’s independence from Serbia and its ramifications are making Rushdie sound prophetic. Despite Washington’s assertion that Kosovo is an exceptional case that does not set precedents, demands for self-rule have received a shot in the arm from this latest act of dissecting the Balkans. Sensing that the international climate is favorable, fresh demands based on reinvented identities may also crop up in the future among populations that feel alienated from their respective nation-states.