The Law of Unintended Consequences

Sarah Stern

As Americans turn their attention to the war against the Islamic State group, an old enemy is, no doubt, delighted that they are turning their attention away from it.

‘Every War Must End’

Shoshana Bryen

If the Obama administration fails to articulate an achievable military and political end game there will not only be “no alternative,” but the odds are good that the war will drift into more places

The Defense of Kobani

While Islamic State’s advance on the Kurdish enclave in Syria is currently frozen, the city remains a thorn in the jihadist group’s side.

Switzerland: Land of Jihad

Al-Qaeda will once again become legal in Switzerland in 2015 because a further extension of the ban of the group is not possible under Swiss Law.