The U.S. can only win this war against Islamic extremism and terror if Washington shows resolve.

From 1996 until the middle of 2006, an anarchic equilibrium had sometimes provided safe haven to terrorists operating in East Africa. But in June 2006, an Islamic fundamentalist movement known as the Islamic Courts Union seized control of Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, despite an unsuccessful U.S. attempt to strengthen a coalition...

Pakistan is at a crossroads. With the massacre of scores of security forces in an apparent retaliatory attack by militants, and US demands for tougher action against al Qaeda and the Taliban, room for Pakistan to play both sides of the war on terror is rapidly shrinking. The big questions raised by this watershed moment may force Islamabad into making existential choices.

Piracy is an ancient nuisance, but Somali piracy, linked as it is to Islamist ideology, poses a thornier security challenge.

The trial lawyers have now enlisted themselves in the war against terror.

Faced with falling poll numbers, and wanting the affirmation of the foreign policy elite here and abroad, the president seems to have reversed course.

The Islamic Republic continues to hemorrhage her best and brightest who, unwilling to partake in the charade of Iranian elections, vote instead with their feet.

The center of Washington's policy should be support for Turkey's constitution, judiciary, and rule of law, no matter how chilly it may make Ross L. Wilson's lunches with the prime minister.