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...

How will Europe react to its growing Muslim population?

A review of Mark Bowden's Guests of the Ayatollah.

A panel of leading experts on Islam in America will discuss the critical issues to consider as Muslims in the US assume their responsibilities as American citizens.

An unfortunate aspect of national discourse on Afghanistan has been a loss of focus on how South Asia fits more broadly into the wider Asian region and beyond. This means measuring U.S. actions in South Asia against two broader yardsticks: their impact on the spread of radical Islam and on hegemonic Chinese ambitions in Asia.

The structure and leadership of al Shabaab are of paramount importance to understanding how this radical Islamist group operates in Somalia.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali, author of the international bestseller Infidel, discussed her book, Nomad (Free Press, May 2010).

Roger Scruton, Britain's foremost conservative philosopher, offers a traditionalist manifesto to discomfit both the left and American free-marketeers.