Impulsive terrorism by a few is a counterterrorism challenge

BY Bruce Riedel 1 May 2013

Pakistan is the most dangerous country in the world, and the deadly embrace between America and Pakistan becomes more deadly every day.

BY Bruce Riedel 29 September 2011

With 9/11, at an investment of a half million dollars, Al Qarda managed to suck the US into two wars that cost its economy $4 trillion. Since then it has tried at least twice to provoke war between India and Pakistan, which remains at the top of its

BY Bruce Riedel 7 September 2011

Pakistani military's use of extremists to target India has backfired. That both Al Qaeda and America distrust the Pakistani army speaks volumes.

BY Bruce Riedel 1 June 2011

Americans should stay away from idle talk in newspaper op-eds and elsewhere about “securing” Pakistan’s nukes by force. Such chatter is not only unrealistic, but counterproductive

BY Bruce Riedel 22 February 2011

Nigerian Omar al Farooq Abdulmutallab’s failed attempt to blow up Northwest flight 253 near Detroit has suddenly brought into the limelight another important link in the global terrorist chain. That of ill-governed Yemen.

BY Bruce Riedel 7 January 2010

Until Tuesday evening the Afghan war was a Bush legacy. It is now President Barack Obama’s war and history will judge him on the success or otherwise of his strategy in Afghanistan

BY Bruce Riedel 3 December 2009

Afghanistan’s election matters as much for the country as for the world -- the results may show which side is winning the war

BY Bruce Riedel 31 August 2009