Politics Archive

William McCants, one of the foremost experts on militant Islamist ideology, addresses the question of whether ISIS really is “Islamic.”

Fred Hof explains the rise of ISIS — and how he thinks the US abetted it.

Because it’s 2015, so of course it could.

In the wake of Friday’s deadly terrorist attacks in Paris, 26 governors issued statements saying they would bar Syrian refugees from settling in their states as of Monday afternoon.

The nightmare isn’t a random gunman. It’s what happens next.

“They were scared of the press being tough on them in debates; now they’re scared of 3-year-old orphans.”

“This is not my time,” Jindal said in a statement.

“Nobody has been able to sit down with him and have him get one iota of intelligent information about the Middle East.”

“In the face of terror, will we panic, or be calm and deliberative in approach?”

Garden-variety gun violence has killed vastly more people in the United States than terrorist attacks.

“I don’t want you to think that a display of your strength is simply shutting other people up.”

There are some big problems with the argument that we have to bar refugees to prevent terrorism.

“They want countries like ours to reject their Muslims and vilify them.”