The Globalist

How is the “war on terror” akin to the war on anarchy the West waged a little over a century ago?

Why are the recent Mumbai attacks a nasty byproduct of internecine churning within the Pakistani military?

How is the U.S.-Pakistan relationship reminiscent of that between Democrats and Republicans?

Would the return of the Taliban in Afghanistan really mean the next coming of al Qaeda?

Is President Obama’s best bet in Afghanistan to make deals with the country’s principal tribal chiefs?

What opportunities for peace in the Middle East did the United States miss after 9/11?

How do the differing mindsets of Westerners and Muslims explain tensions between the two groups?

How could the media have averted the crisis in Afghanistan and helped prevent a very costly war?

What could the U.S. government have done different about Osama bin Laden and Afghanistan?

Has Osama bin Laden become the first prophet in a new line of Islamic Marxists? Or is he just another would-be dictator searching for specious arguments?