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...

The arrival of foreign holy warriors is deradicalizing the local population in Iraq due to theirdiscomfort with al Qaeda's violence.

Damascus should not be rewarded for its "nuanced" position on Islamist terrorism.

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?

Democracy isstarting to take root in Iraq. The United States should get behind it.

Against this backdrop--Pakistan careening from one crisis to the next and the U.S.-Pakistan relationship at its lowest point in years--come two contrasting books from experts on the country.

Stephen Hadley's memo to President Bush demonstrates his misunderstanding of the Middle East conflict.

Discussion of Gerecht'snew monograph.