Below is a sampling of commentary and events (going back to the September 11 attacks) on the global war on terror.

Updated weekly.

Defense in a New Era

• Trying to Lose the War We're In  (10/3/08) - by Thomas Donnelly
• Seven Years after 9/11, U.S. Still Lacks Good Continuity Plan (9/17/08) - by Norman J. Ornstein
• Seven Years Later: The Jihadist International (9/11/08) - by Hassan Mneimneh
• List all . . .

Democracy in Iraq

• Darkness at Noon (10/6/08) - by Reuel Marc Gerecht
• The Endgame in Iraq (9/22/08) - by Frederick W. Kagan, Kimberly Kagan, and Jack Keane
• No Oil for Blood (9/16/08) - by Frederick W. Kagan
• List all . . .

The Iranian Threat

• Obama or McCain, Iran Stance Won't Change (10/3/08) - by  Michael Rubin
• Meeting the Challenge (September 2008) - by Michael Rubin
• A Wakeup Call on Iran's Nukes (9/25/08) - by John R. Bolton
• List all . . .

North Korea

• The World Shouldn't Fear the Collapse of North Korea (10/2/08) - by John R. Bolton and Nicholas Eberstadt
• Distrust but Verify (7/28/08) - by Dan Blumenthal and Aaron Friedberg
• The Tragic End of Bush's North Korea Policy (6/30/08) - by John R. Bolton
• List all . . .

Afghanistan

• The Smart Money in Afghanistan (9/24/08) - by Anne Applebaum
• Willing to Win in Afghanistan? (9/16/08) - by Anne Applebaum
• Winning in Afghanistan (7/16/08) - by Thomas Donnelly
• List all . . .

Diplomatic Ties

• The Autumn of Mubarak (9/8/08) - by Jeffrey Azarva
• The Saudi Guide to Piety (7/22/08) - by Anne Applebaum
• The Middle East Unravels: Lessons from Lebanon (5/28/08) - AEI event
• List all . . .

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

• America's Ally in the Middle East (5/3/08) - by David Frum
• Anti-Semitism and the War on Terror (3/19/08) - event featuring Matthias Küntzel, Michael Novak, and Michael A. Ledeen
• Misinformation Warfare (2/2/08) - by David Frum
• List all . . .

Public Reaction

• Public Opinion on the War with Iraq (7/24/08) - by Karlyn Bowman
• America and the War on Terror (7/24/08) - by Karlyn Bowman
• Don't Blame George Bush for Anti-Americanism (6/14/08) - by David Frum
• List all . . .

ALSO OF INTEREST

• AEI Scholars on Iraq: a collection of articles, events, and scholarly activity on the Iraq war.
• AEI event series "Dissent and Reform in the Middle East."
• AEI's monthly newsletter on national security. View a menu of issues.