The security ramifications of a permanent break between the United States and Turkey would be far greater than commonly realized.

The press is spilling plenty of ink on the U.S.-Turkey crisis, but precious little of the coverage is connecting the dots.

Why do so many instances of terrorist violence involve drug use and abuse?

We are clearly at the end of an era. Making or missing spurious military spending targets has nothing to do with it.

Fear is politically fungible, able to migrate stealthily from one cause to others, and from one host to others. Fear can also pool or coalesce around shocking experiences. These gymnastic capacities are what give terrorism its social and, ultimately, its political punch.

Sometimes, things done for the wrong reasons have a chance of working out well.

The road to renewal in America begins with re-learning how to tell the story of our shared national destiny.

The forms of social authority capable of motivating individuals to engage in acts of violence and terror are not constant across all societies. Differing social structures, as well as different cultures associated with them, affect which modes of persuasion and manipulation work best to generate the worst sorts of behavior.

So exactly what “Libya Model” did John Bolton have in mind?

Seven key questions to ask about Trump’s decision to pull out of the Iran Deal.