In the midst of his polemic against Ron Paul and the concept of "blowback" as the progenitor of Islamist terrorism, Kevin D. Williamson, writing in National Review Online, avers I'm "an intelligent man" – but after reading his jeremiad, I'm not...

Over 650 militants were reported killed over the last three days, mostly in Nineva and Diyala provinces. These high figures have not been independently confirmed, but extensive operations have been ongoing in those two areas. Assuming they are correct, at least 692 people were killed and 89 were wounded. Several bombs exploded in Baghdad as well.

Baghdad once again suffered a series of bombings that left dozens hurt or injured. At least 134 people were killed and 59 were wounded across the country.

To hear the prosecution side tell it in the ongoing trial of Jeffrey Sterling, the former CIA officer who is accused of a national security leak involving Iran, Sterling has potentially (emphasis on potentially): placed a CIA “asset” at risk; hurt recruitment of other...

In response to each terrorist attack or foreign provocation, the depressingly familiar tone of the loudest voices in government and media has noninterventionist activists in despair, wondering just what they are doing wrong when making their case against the rush to...

The jury is still out in the trial of former CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling for allegedly having leaked the story of “Operation Merlin” – the covert CIA effort to lure Iran into working on phony plans for a key component of a nuclear weapon – to New...

Iraq and Iran exchanged the remains of 137 military personnel who were killed during the Iran-Iraq War in the 1980s. At least 82 were killed in recent fighting and attack, while another 41 were wounded.

The stage is set, the actors have committed their lines to memory, and the curtain is now rising: the Great Iran Debate is on! It's a war story, as so many of our national narratives are these days, one pitting the President of the United States – and the overwhelming...

Following the Charlie Hebdo massacre, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said that France "is at war with terrorism, jihadism and radical Islamism." This tells us what France is fighting against. But what is France fighting for in this war on terror? For terrorism is simply...

Originally posted at TomDispatch. When it comes to the national security state, our capital has become a thought-free zone. The airlessness of the place, the unwillingness of leading players in the corridors of power to explore new ways of approaching crucial problems...