Pakistan seems oblivious to the threat that expanding its nuclear-weapons program poses.
Pakistan Makes It Hard to Defend From the “They Don’t Value Human Life” Libel
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Terrorism
Bin Laden Had Jumped the Shark Anyway
With his severity and grandiosity, bin Laden had outlived his tactical, strategic, and philosophic usefulness to jihadists.
Bin Laden: Death by Verb
How we define Osama bin Laden’s death matters.
Addle-Brained Islamic Extremists Take Revenge on Muslims for bin Laden’s Killing
It’s difficult to understand how blowing up Pakistani militaries avenges bin Laden’s killing by U.S. forces.
Is Pakistan Justified in Its Fear of U.S. Takeover of Its Nuke Program?
Barring jihadist infiltration, Pakistan’s nuclear-weapons program is reasonably safe.
After Osama: China?
If the killing of Osama bin Laden were a Hollywood murder mystery, the shootout scene in Abbottabad would be followed by the unveiling of the sponsor who arranged for the al-Qaeda safe house. Is it the Pakistani intelligence officer who appears early in the movie to assure his U.S. counterparts that he is fully committed to bringing bin Laden to justice? Is it the Saudi construction magnate who owes several major favors to the bin Laden family? Or perhaps it’s the U.S. embassy official who, it might turn out, believes that Osama is more useful alive than dead — until finally, he is useful no longer.
One Group of Students Proves Immune to Bin Laden-Death Fever
At least some students seem to have been inoculated again the bout of nationalistic fever infecting the nation since bin Laden was killed.
Thanks to Fukushima Nuclear Terrorism Got a Whole Lot Easier
Japan’s nuclear disaster has thrown a few clues terrorists’ way on how to sabotage a nuclear power plant.
Decapitating the Head of the Snake: bin Laden and Our Inner Avenger
Japan’s nuclear disaster has thrown a few clues terrorists’ way on how to sabotage a nuclear power plant.
Could the Death of bin Laden Become a Cornerstone of Peace in Afghanistan?
If getting the Afghanistan peace process going involved taking out Osama bin Laden, well, in the cynical world of the “Great Game,” to make an omelet, you have to break eggs.