The West is in a war of ideas against political Islam, and if free speech is not protected in Europe, we are already losing.

Mr Obama's message to Gen David Petraeus was clear: time is up. Ten years, a trillion dollars and 1,600 American casualties later, the White House is essentially abandoning the attempt to build law and order in Afghanistan.

We hear so often about Muslims as victims of abuse in the West and combatants in the Arab Spring’s fight against tyranny. But, in fact, a wholly different kind of war is underway—an unrecognized battle costing thousands of lives. Christians are being killed in the Islamic world because of their religion. It is a rising genocide that ought to provoke global alarm.

By revoking Ayaan Hirsi Ali's police protection, the Dutch send the message that they are no longer willing to protect free speech.

A quick take on President Obama's address to the Muslim world.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali, forced to go into hiding after the murder of filmmaker Theo van Gogh, argues that if Europe doesn't stand up to extremists, it will spread a culture of self-censorship.

The first step towards winning the clash of civilizations is to understand how the other side is waging it, and to rid ourselves of the One World illusion.

Bin Laden's murder is not the end of Al Qaeda. And even if Al Qaeda were totally eliminated, the world would still have to deal with Al Qaeda's progenitor. Just how likely is it that Egypt will end up-after the inevitable transition period-being ruled indirectly or directly by the Muslim Brotherhood?