Archive for: counterterrorism

The Question Everyone’s Asking

The Question Everyone’s Asking

(Other than “what’s going to happen to Conan?”) Following revelations that the underwear bomber was fitted in Yemen, everyone is (or should be) asking: what is going on over there? The answer turns out to be… quite a bit. So Yemen...

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Yemen on the Brink

Yemen on the Brink

How a failing Yemen threatens international security One year before the 9/11 attacks, suicide bombers struck the USS Cole while it was anchored off the Yemeni port of Aden, killing 17 U.S. sailors. In response, the United States and Yemen coordinated...

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How the Taliban Came Back

And what it may mean for the U.S. strategic dilemma With fraud-ridden elections, a growing insurgency, and expanding Taliban influence, Afghanistan...

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A Lawless Presidency

Bush fought for unprecedented expansion of presidential power – and failed By Gabriella Anderson ’12 and Elise Liu ‘11 Executive fiat....

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