Islamic extremists poured gasoline onto fire to elicit the most violent responses to “Innocence of Muslims.”
Why Hasn’t West Responded to Beheading Videos as Some Muslims Do to Anti-Islamist Videos?
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Terrorism
With Friends Like Morris Sadek, Copts Don’t Need Enemies
The man who translated and promoted “Innocence of Muslims” demonstrates just how much blowback one man can create.
Dogwhistling Past Libya
The deadly attack on U.S. diplomatic personnel in Libya calls into the question the efficacy of the NATO intervention in Libya.
Separated at Birth: Salafi Extremists and Pastor Terry Jones
The cold, dead hand of Salafi extremism was once again on display in Benghazi.
Anything But a Love Triangle: Yemen’s Ex-president, al-Qaeda, and Washington
Neither former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh nor al Qaeda in Yemen have learned that murdering your countrymen turns their survivors against you.
Former Algerian Defense Minister’s Indictment for War Crimes in Switzerland (Part 2)
The Algerian Civil War helped sow the seeds for the Arab Spring.
What Next? Will Somali Pirates Issue an IPO?
A few insurance companies manage to make covering piracy profitable.
Feminism as Counterterrorism?
The most prominent and unequivocal public articulation of an alliance between feminism and counterterrorism came at the dawn of the U.S. war in Afghanistan, when Laura Bush argued that “the fight against terrorism is a fight for the rights and dignity of women.”
History’s Greatest Terrorist: Harry Truman
Hiroshima and Nagasaki are, arguably, the preeminent examples of terrorism in history.
Destroying the Commons
Down the road only a few generations, the millennium of Magna Carta, one of the great events in the establishment of civil and human rights, will arrive. Whether it will be celebrated, mourned, or ignored is not at all clear.