2011 wrapped up with threats by Iran to close the Strait of Hormuz and with the Islamic Republic as a key topic of debate on the campaign trail, as well as concerns over the capability of al Qaeda after the terror group lost its leader.

Cooperating with U.S.-led sanctions against Tehran would bring New Delhi long-term dividends

The fight against terrorism is no closer to success today than it was a decade ago when, in the wake of the September 11 terror attacks, President George W. Bush declared a Global War on Terrorism.

The problems in Pakistani society underscore a deeper crisis that goes right to the nation's very foundations--a crisis of identity that originates in the late 19th century when the idea of an independent Muslim nation in South Asia first emerged.

Investigations into the background of the Christmas day bomber expose the dangerous radicalism of British Muslims.

Britain has been successful at preventing another major terrorist attack since the suicide attacks in London on July 7, 2005, but there is an ongoing debate in Britain about amending, or doing away with altogether, some of the counterterrorism authorities that have been put on the books since 2005.

Thirty years after the end of the war with Iraq the leadership of the Islamic Republic faces many of the same challenges that it faced during the war with Iraq, but this time, not even Ayatollah Rafsanjani may be capable of defending the regime against its own mismanagement.

Combating terrorists in Pakistan's borderlands was hard enough, but now the Obama administration must take actions to prevent Pakistan from evading U.S. and international pressure to attack the terrorist cancer eating away at Punjab, the nation's must populated province.