The Hariri Investigation and the Politics of Perception
There is little indication that the UN investigation into the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri has compiled sufficient evidence to indict Syrian officials.
Gary C. Gambill
Return of the Pink Panthers?
As members of the same Islamic offshoot sect that dominates the government of neighboring Syria, Lebanese Alawites have both a powerful protector and a crippling liability.
The Jihadization of the Northern Caucasus
The Chechen mujahidin have increasingly abandoned the fight for Chechen independence in favor of a jihad to establish an Islamic state spanning the North Caucasus.