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Bruce Riedel
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JFK’s Argument Against Imperialism
A review of Gregory D. Cleva, “John F. Kennedy’s 1957 Algeria Speech: The Politics of Anticolonialism in the Cold War Era” (Lexington, 2022) *** On…
A Memoir From the Head of Saudi Intelligence
A review of Turki AlFaisal Al Saud, “The Afghanistan File” (Arabian Publishing, 2021). *** Prince Turki AlFaisal Al Saud has produced an insightful and engaging…
9/11 and Iraq: The Making of a Tragedy
Twenty years after the al-Qaeda attack on Sept. 11, 2001, the United States is still involved in a war in Iraq that it started. President…
The Tel Aviv Plot
Recently declassified information from the first-ever interrogation of someone presumed to be a senior al-Qaeda operative captured after 9/11 provides dramatic new insights into Osama…
Pakistan’s Problematic Victory in Afghanistan
The Afghan Taliban and their Pakistani army patrons are back in Kabul before the 20th anniversary of 9/11. Pakistan’s army Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate (ISI) has…
Remembering the Khobar Towers Bombing
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on Order from Chaos. 25 years ago, at about 9:30 pm in the evening of June 25, 1996, a huge explosion rocked…
The Remarkable Case of the Triple Agent and the Bombing in Khost, Afghanistan
Editor’s Note: The article originally appeared on Order from Chaos. This month marks a very important anniversary in the struggle against terrorism. On December 30,…