Until the terrorist attacks of 9/11, the American view of radical Islam and its many discontents was shaped more by the Middle East than South Asia. The U.S. has long been at odds with the raging Ayatollah in Iran, the murderous truck bomber in Lebanon and the masked Palestinian "freedom...

Many see Pakistan as the abettor of terror, but browse Pakistan's newspapers or news channels and another story emerges. Decoding this narrative of victimhood is crucial to any long-term victory in this central front of the war on terror.

Though Russia wants to know more about how the United States manages to revolutionalize its technology, the charges against eleven people accused of spying for Russia will likely have little impact on future U.S.-Russian relations.

As America now debates methods that will allegedly help defeat radical Islam, it's worth remembering that the West won the Cold War by being, and remaining, a more open society.

With all the criticisms flying, not enough attention gets focused on what Rumsfeld did right during the momentous half-decade after 9/11.

The late Jerusalem mayor had a special relationship with America's most legendary spy.

Spying in on the afterlife.

In his new book,James Risensays some very shocking things, thingsfar more troublesome than the legalities about NSA"s intercepts of conversations involving terrorists.