The Bomb Squad
Imagine for a moment that it is late 2010, perhaps a few weeks after the midterm elections. Barack Obama has scheduled a surprise prime-time televised statement from the Oval Office. Looking grave, even shaken, behind the presidential desk, Obama fixes his gaze into the camera and speaks: READ MORE >>
Nuclear Fallout
White Hot Bosporus
Ankara, Turkey READ MORE >>
The Fun Has Just Begun
Maliki vs. Allawi
Our Man in Kabul?
Iran Contrarians
What’s Old Is New Again
Blogging the State of the Union
Islamabad Boys
On August 26, 2008, Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, touched down for a secret meeting on an aircraft carrier stationed in the Indian Ocean. The topic: Al Qaeda and the Taliban. READ MORE >>