Foreign Policy
Monday, October 7, 2013 - 09:39
Since President Obama stepped into the White House, his administration has had a rather consistent reaction when it located an accused terrorist: drop a Hellfire missile on the guy's head. Saturday was different. U.S. forces got the drop on an al-Qaeda operative named Nazhi Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai. But rather than drone him, those forces put him in cuffs. That not only marks a rather dramatic departure from what has been standard Obama administration policy. It could open a new chapter in the struggle against Islamic terror.
Monday, October 7, 2013 - 09:37
The untold story of al-Shabab's murderous attack on the U.N. in Mogadishu.
Monday, September 30, 2013 - 06:08
The Syrian government is required to provide international chemical weapons inspectors "immediate and unfettered" access to any site in Syria starting Oct. 1 and complete the destruction of its chemical weapons production and mixing equipment by Nov. 1.
Friday, September 27, 2013 - 09:10
Today, though, there's a little-noticed debate raging within the country about whether the time has come to drop the facade and simply admit to being a nuclear power.
Thursday, September 26, 2013 - 08:22
A year ago, Kenyan forces seized al-Shabab's final stronghold, the Somali port of Kismayo, sending the group into the country's rural interior and cutting off their economic lifeline. A long and brutal war against a slippery enemy, it seemed, was nearly won. After entering Somalia's conflict in October 2011, the Kenyan military, working together with the Somali National Army and the Ethiopian Defense Forces, had successfully weakened the Islamist terrorist group and seemed poised to restore peace to a fractured nation riddled by two decades of conflict.
Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - 09:05
U.S. President Barack Obama presented world leaders at the United Nations with an image of America as a reluctant superpower. hat, he hinted, should give the world cause for anxiety.
Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - 11:59
The deadly terror attack at Nairobi's Westgate Mall has taken dozens of lives and brought one of Africa's most-prosperous cities to its knees. It has also highlighted a disturbing new reality: the Islamist extremism that has long ravaged the Middle East has taken root in Africa as well, causing chaos and bloodshed across a broad swath of the continent.
Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - 11:58
The French military intervention and a successful election have given Mali a chance to reboot its democracy. But it's going to be an uphill climb.
Monday, September 23, 2013 - 10:53
The Somali terrorist group al-Shabab has entered the second day of a siege on the popular Westgate shopping mall in an upscale neighborhood of Nairobi, Kenya. Nearly 70 people have been killed, including at least four Westerners and one retired United Nations official.
Monday, September 23, 2013 - 07:58
The muted reaction "is unusual," Ariel Cohen, a senior research fellow for Russian and Eurasian studies at the Heritage Foundation, said. "But it would be consistent with the U.S. engaging Russia on Syria right now."