List of Terrorism articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Al Qaeda, the NGO
After floundering during the 1990s, can political parties learn a few lessons from nongovernmental organizations?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 A Web of Lone Wolves
Fort Hood shows us that Internet jihad is not a myth.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 When Generals and Ambassadors Feud
Take it from this former ambassador: Disagreements over the war in Afghanistan may do more long-term harm than short-term good.
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Debate: States of Discord
The worldviews of Thomas Friedman and Robert Kaplan are about as different as a modem and a bayonet. No surprise, then, that these two influential commentators diverged sharply over the future of the nation-state at a recent debate in Washington, D.C. Will globalization ultimately strengthen or destroy the state? Will it lead to more democracies or more revolutions? And does transnational terrorism signal the end -- or the triumph -- of global integration? Pick your champion and pull up a chair.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Think Again: Fundamentalism
For all the current focus on fiery Islamic extremists, religious fundamentalists are not confined to any particular faith or country, nor to the poor and uneducated. Instead, they are likely to spring up anywhere people perceive the need to fight a godless, secular culture -- even if they have to depart from the orthodoxy of their traditions to do it. In fact, what fundamentalists everywhere have in common is the ability to craft their messages to fit the times.